Patent ID: 6935320

Claim:
An exhaust gas flow management assembly for an exhaust gas recirculation system comprising: an intake conduit including an inner surface defining a fluid passageway and a recirculation opening in the inner surface; an exhaust conduit in fluid communication with the intake conduit; and a closing member movably mounted in the fluid passageway and having: a first position where the closing member blocks fluid communication between the intake conduit and the exhaust conduit; and a second position where the closing member extends into the fluid passageway of the intake conduit at an angle relative to a plane including the recirculation opening and opens fluid communication between the intake conduit and the exhaust conduit; wherein when fluid is flowing through the intake conduit and the exhaust conduit, a change in an amount of fluid flowing from the exhaust conduit into the intake conduit is less than 5% of a total amount of fluid flowing in the intake conduit when the angle is less than 10 degrees.