Patent ID: 7784450

Claim:
An exhaust-gas recirculation device arranged in an internal combustion engine, the exhaust-gas recirculation device comprising: (a) an exhaust-gas quantity controller; (b) a housing having arranged therein an exhaust-gas inlet channel_and a plurality exhaust-gas outlet channels corresponding in number to cylinders of the internal combustion engine; (c) movable distributor element arranged between the exhaust-gas inlet channel and the exhaust-gas outlet channels, wherein the distributor element is driven corresponding to a rotational speed of a camshaft of the internal combustion engine, and, via the distributor element, a fluidic connection of the exhaust-gas inlet channel to a respective one of the exhaust-gas outlet channels is established; and (d) a control element that is movable via an actuator and the control element operates to shift clearing of the fluidic connection between the outlet opening of the distributor element and the exhaust-gas outlet channels of the exhaust gas recirculation device in comparison to a phase angle of the camshaft of the internal combustion engine.