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Valve system

US3995356A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1974
Grant dateDec 7, 1976
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Expiry dateMar 11, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49945
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An air diverter valve for selectively diverting the output of an air pump in a vehicular emission control system from a combustion system to a diversion system, in response to each or all of a variety of system conditions including abrupt rise in intake manifold vacuum, continuing low intake manifold vacuum, continuing high intake manifold vacuum, or overtemperature conditions, and for controlling the duration of the diversion.

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