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US 9,803,591 B2Granted
Valve
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorCarsten Mikolajek
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Abstract
A valve for regulating two gas flows, includes a housing, two channels arranged in the housing for conducting a respective gas, a first flap arranged in the first channel for opening and closing the first channel, said first flap being rotatably arranged on a shaft, an electric motor for actuating the shaft, a second flap for opening and closing the second channel, and a third channel into which the first and the second channel lead. A connecting element is arranged on the first flap, and the first flap is connected to the second flap.
Claims16
A valve configured to control two gas flows, comprising:
- a housing;
- a shaft arranged in the housing configured to be actuated by an electric motor;
- a first channel arranged in the housing that conducts a first gas;
- a second channel arranged in the housing that conducts a second gas
- a first flap arranged in the first channel configured to open and close the first channel, wherein the first flap is arranged rotatably on the shaft;
- a second flap configured to open and close the second channel, wherein the second flap does not begin to close the second channel until an opening cross section of the first channel reaches fixed, a predefined value greater than zero;
- a third channel into which the first channel and the second channel open;
- and
- a connecting element arranged on the first flap, the connecting element being connected to the second flap such that any rotation of the first flap causes a rotation of the second flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.