Patent ID: 6874488

Claim:
A gas deflector valve for deflecting exhaust gas in a vehicle comprising a flat block ( 1 ) having two adjacent circular holes ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) that define passages for the gas passing there through, a lower projection ( 4 ) at one end of the block, another block end coupled to a support ( 5 ), actuator means mounted to the support and being biased by a spring ( 8 ); one of the circular holes ( 2 ) having an upper through hole and a lower through hole, bearing means located therein for supporting rotation of a shaft ( 10 ) located therein perpendicular to the gas flow therethrough, a lower terminal end of the shaft extending from said lower through hole at a bottom part of the block ( 1 ), the shaft end connected to a plate ( 11 ) having two upper lips ( 12 ) for limiting rotation of the shaft, angular displacement of the plate ( 11 ) causing the lips to engage stop means on the block; valve means mounted to the shaft and disposed in the opening for blocking/releasing the gas passage, blocking the passage diverting the exhaust gas flow, an axial rod ( 14 ) incorporated to the actuator means ( 6 ) being engaged at an end thereof to the plate ( 11 ), whose point of articulation is eccentric to a point of connection of the shaft ( 10 ), said rod ( 14 ) converting a rectilinear motion of said rod ( 10 ) into a circular motion of the shaft.