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Exhaust-gas switch for a vehicle

US10711739B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH · DE

Inventors

Till Neumann · Bochum, DE
Markus Baumann · Ergolding, DE
Markus Wagner · Ludwigsburg, DE
Bernd Bareis · Mutlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2018
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16K27/0209
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Described is an exhaust-gas switch, in particular for trucks, having a housing that has an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, having a shaft led out from the housing, and having a valve flap arranged in the housing that is pivotable about a geometric pivot axis by means of the shaft between a first position and a second position, the valve flap having a blocking portion that in the first position blocks the first outlet and in the second position blocks the second outlet. According to this disclosure, provision is made such that the valve flap bears a counterweight to the blocking portion, the geometric pivot axis being arranged between the blocking portion and the counterweight.

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