Patent ID: 9739241
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: F02M,F16K

Claim:
1. A valve for an exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a housing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a duct for directing exhaust gases from the inlet opening to the outlet opening; a closure body arranged in the duct and positioned in a torque-proof manner in a recess of a shaft, the closure body being pivotable about a rotation axis of the shaft and having a closed position in which the closure body separates upstream and downstream sections of the duct; the closure body having first and second sides, wherein in the closed position of the closure body the first side faces the upstream section of the duct and the second side faces the downstream section of the duct; the closure body having a circumferential surface arranged between the first and second sides, the circumferential surface having sections with different external dimensions; a first external dimension of the circumferential surface in a first section being smaller than the smallest internal dimension between two end regions of the recess, wherein all said dimensions are measured parallel to one another along the rotation axis of the shaft; a second external dimension of the circumferential surface in a second section being greater than the smallest internal dimension between the two end regions; and the circumferential surface contacting the shaft in each of the two end regions of the recess.