Patent ID: 6955188
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: F01N,F16K,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A switch valve for the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a housing part in which an inlet and a first outlet and a second outlet are formed, a directional control member located within the housing part in the form of a swinging flap by which either the first outlet or the second outlet may selectively be closed, as a result of which the respective other of the first outlet or the second outlet is in connection with the inlet, a projecting rim adapted to sealingly contact the flap, wherein the rim is formed in the interior of the housing part in a transitional region between the inlet and each of the first and second outlets, and each rim defining a stop plane for the flap; the flap being mounted to a shaft and the shaft being mounted in bearings so as to be movable transversely to the direction of its longitudinal axis in such a way that when the flap contacts each of the rims under the action of the f owing medium, automatic sealing adaptation to the rim takes place.