# US 7,971,578 B2 · Exhaust gas recirculation valve for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,971,578 B2 - Document ID: US7971578B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/365,086 - Filed: 2009-02-03 - Published: 2010-02-11 - Granted: 2011-07-05 - Earliest claimed: 2008-02-04 - Assignees: Kamtec Inc. - Inventors: Chang Sik Lim; Ki Ho Jung; Seok Ryul Park; Yong Soo Jang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7971578B2 ## CPC - F02M 26/16: with EGR valves located at or near the connection to the exhaust system - F02M 26/54: Rotary actuators, e.g. step motors - F02M 26/70: Flap valves; Rotary valves; Sliding valves; Resilient valves - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF ## Abstract The present invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve for a vehicle. The EGR valve includes a valve housing connected to an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gas therethrough, having a flow line with an inside area divided for taking and re-circulating a portion of the exhaust gas to a suction manifold, a driving unit on one side of the valve housing, and a valve unit mounted in a flow line of the valve housing for receiving driving force from the driving unit directly to control flows of the exhaust gas flowing through the flow line at the same time individually, thereby making stable control of the exhaust gas flowing through the EGR valve, preventing damage caused by the high temperature exhaust gas, and preventing the exhaust gas from leaking to an outside of the EGR valve. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An EGR valve for a vehicle comprising: a valve housing connected to an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gas therethrough, having a flow line with an inside area divided for taking and re-circulating a portion of the exhaust gas to a suction manifold; a driving unit on one side of the valve housing, and a valve unit mounted in a flow line of the valve housing for receiving driving force from the driving unit directly to control flows of the exhaust gas flowing through the flow line at the same time, individually, wherein the valve unit includes: a plurality of valves configured to close or open a plurality of holes formed in the valve housing; and rotation shaft coupled to the driving unit and the plurality of valves, the rotation shaft including: a first rotation shaft coupled to the driving unit; a second rotation shaft coupled to the plurality of valves; and a coupling coupled to the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft for receiving rotation force through the first rotation shaft and for transmitting the rotation force to the second shaft, and for preventing heat from transmitting to the first rotation shaft from the second shaft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flow line in the valve housing includes; an exhaust gas flow line having an exhaust gas hole formed therein for flow in/out of the exhaust gas; and a recirculation flow line having an EGR hole for recirculation of the exhaust gas to the suction manifold. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 2, wherein the flow line in the valve housing further includes a bypass flow line for making the exhaust gas flow line and the re-circulation flow line in communication. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotation shaft is coupled to the driving unit and is passed through the flow line in the valve housing, wherein the plurality of valves includes: an exhaust control valve mounted to the rotation shaft for controlling opening of an exhaust gas hole according to rotation of the rotation shaft, and a re-circulation control valve mounted to the rotation shaft for controlling opening of an EGR hole according to rotation of the rotation shaft. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 4, wherein the re-circulation control valve includes; a supporting shaft connected to and extended outward from the rotation shaft, a valve seat placed on the supporting shaft for opening/closing the EGR hole according to rotation of the rotation shaft, a seat spring placed on the supporting shaft for applying elastic force to the valve seat in a length direction of the supporting shaft, and a seat spring holder on an inside of the seat spring for holding the seat spring in a state the seat spring is placed in the seating spring holder to prevent the seating spring from falling off the supporting shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 4, wherein the opening of the exhaust control valve is linearly proportional to the opening of the recirculation control valve. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a heat cutoff plate mounted between the valve housing and the driving unit for preventing the driving unit suffering from damage by the high temperature exhaust gas flowing through the flow line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the first rotation shaft is coupled to a gear unit in the driving unit, and the second rotation shaft is coupled to the other side of the coupling having the exhaust control valve and the re-circulation valve mounted thereto. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling includes; a coupling plate, first and second cross shafts projected outwardly to left and right directions from the coupling plate respectively, wherein the first and second cross shafts are engaged with first and second cross recesses in ends of the first and second rotation shafts respectively. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first cross shaft includes a spacing projection on a center for preventing heat from transmitting to the first rotation shaft from the high temperature exhaust gas through the second rotation shaft and the coupling, wherein the spacing projection makes point to point contact with the center of the inside of the first cross recess in the first rotation shaft. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve portion has a sealing member mounted thereto for preventing leakage of the exhaust gas. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sealing member includes a sealing holder coupled to the second rotation shaft on an outside circumference of the second rotation shaft in a direction of the second cross recess, wherein the sealing holder has an inserting hole recessed inward toward the second rotation shaft. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 12, wherein the sealing member further includes a compression ring positioned between the exhaust control valve coupled to the second rotation shaft and the sealing holder and inserted in the inserting hole in the sealing holder. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 13, wherein the compression ring is in linear contact to an inside of the sealing holder. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 14, further comprising an elastic member between the coupling and the sealing holder for biasing the sealing holder toward the compression ring. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The EGR valve as claimed in claim 11, wherein the sealing member includes a sealing holder coupled to the second rotation shaft on an outside circumference of the second rotation shaft in a direction of the second cross recess, wherein the sealing holder has an inserting hole recessed inward toward the second rotation shaft.