Assembly of a valve unit, a combustion air intake and an exhaust gas recirculation unit for an internal combustion engine

US6443135B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• PIERBURG GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Dismon · Gangelt, DE
• Andreas Bernardus Mattias Koster · Wissen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02M35/10
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A valve unit for internal combustion engines with a drive unit, a gear mechanism, a valve rod and a valve disk, the gear mehanicm being provided with an eccentrically disposed coupling part which is connected coactingly with the valve rod, the coupling part being a bearing element which serves as a connection means with the valve rod. A combustion-air intake-channel portion and an exhaust-gas return unit are integrally combined with the valve unit.