Patent ID: 7946270
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: F02D

Abstract:
1. A valve apparatus comprising: a valve shaft; a body having a flow path therein, the flow path having an opening degree that is operated by rotation of the valve shaft; a bearing housing that rotatably supports the valve shaft, the bearing housing having a predetermined attachment portion; a first fixing device that fixes the bearing housing to the body by fastening the predetermined attachment portion of the bearing housing to an outer surface of the body; and an actuator that is provided to cover the first fixing device from outside, the actuator being fixed to the body and to the bearing housing, the actuator applying a driving force to the valve shaft; and a second fixing device that fixes the actuator to the bearing housing, the second fixing device also fixing the bearing housing to the body, wherein: the first fixing device fixes the bearing housing to the body without fixing the actuator to the bearing housing or to the body.