Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Edward H Seidewand

Gordon R Paddock

Edward G Day

An air management valve in the exhaust emission control system for the engine of an automotive vehicle is operative to selectively control secondary air flow to the exhaust manifold next adjacent to the exhaust ports of the engine, to the center of a dual bed catalytic converter and to the atmosphere. The air management valve, adapted to be connected to an engine driven air pump, includes three air pressure operated valves, that is, a port air control valve controlling air flow to the exhaust ports, a proportional air control valve controlling divert air flow to the atmosphere and a pressure relief valve for the pressure relief divert air flow to the atmosphere, a flow control orifice controlling air flow to the converter, a port air control and a solenoid valve arranged to control pressure on one side of the port air control valve, a proportion air control solenoid valve arranged so as to control the flow of exhaust gases to one side of the proportional air control valve whereby to effect operation of this valve as a proportional regulator so as to maintain a constant pressure ratio between air pump pressure and exhaust pressure at the center of the converter.

Pressure operated proportional air management valve

A lock cylinder assembly for a motor vehicle ignition switch includes a lock core rotatable in a cylindrical opening of a housing. A lock bar acts between the core and the housing to normally lock the core against rotation and to unlock the core to permit rotation when a properly bitted key is inserted into a key slot of the core. A frangible retainer acts between the core and the housing to define a normal axial relation therebetween and fractures under an axial extracting force to permit axial outward movement of the core relative the housing. A second retainer acts between the housing and the core and is effective upon limited axial movement of the core permitted by fracture of the frangible retainer to block further axial movement and rotational movement of the core relative the housing. The core has a weakened cross section intermediate the key slot and the second retainer whereby the core is fractured and a core inner portion is retained in the housing by the second retainer while a core outer portion is removed.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Edward H Seidewand