Patent ID: 8602006

Claim:
A valve configured to regulate a temperature and a quantity of returned exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine, comprising: a valve housing; and a regulation element, wherein the regulation element is configured to regulate a throughflow of a fluid in cooperation with a conical valve seat formed in the valve housing, wherein the regulation element is mounted rotatably in the valve housing, wherein the regulation element is arranged on a valve stem, and the valve stem projects through a fixed sleeve that is fixed with respect to the valve housing, wherein the regulation element comprises a top side, an underside, and a conical surface area arranged between the top side and the underside, and wherein the regulation element is configured to conduct the fluid past the top side only at a first angular position in the valve housing, conduct the fluid past the underside only at a second angular position in the valve housing, conduct the fluid past both the topside and the underside at a third angular position in the valve housing, and completely shut off a fluid inlet port at a fourth angular position in the valve housing.