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US 9,038,987 B2Granted
Flap assembly, in particular exhaust gas flap assembly
AssigneeMTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
InventorsRonald Hegner, Andreas Thoss
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Abstract
For a flap assembly, in particular an exhaust gas flap assembly, with the flap mounted on both sides via bearing devices in the housing, the disclosure describes a design in which a bearing body is supported radially against an annular collar of the bearing device and, by way of the annular collar, is held braced in a radially spring-loaded manner in a predefined radial position.
Claims19
A flap arrangement with a case-side bearing assembly comprising a bearing box retained in an annular cuff,
- wherein the bearing box is braced radially resiliently in a predefined radial position by the annular cuff;
- wherein the annular cuff is divided into annular sectors separated in a circumferential direction, said annular sectors being radially resiliently clamped together.
A flap arrangement with a case-side bearing assembly comprising a bearing box retained in an annular cuff,
- wherein the bearing box is braced radially spring-loaded on a predefined radial position by the annular cuff;
- wherein the annular cuff is divided into annular sectors separated in circumferential direction, said annular sectors being clamped together;
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- wherein the annular sectors are clamped together in a cuff-like fashion using a surrounding coil spring.
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