Mtu Friedrichshafen Gmbh

Mtu Motoren-und Turbinen-union Friedrichshafen Gmbh

Hermann Braun

Georg Ruetz

Christian-Paul Stelzer

Thomas Rode

An internal combustion engine including a cylinder head, a fresh air duct configured for providing a fresh air supply to the internal combustion engine, and a quick-closing valve arranged in the fresh air duct, upstream of the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, in order to interrupt the fresh air supply. The internal combustion engine also includes an exhaust gas recirculation pipe that has an outlet opening that is arranged centrally in the fresh air duct and, in a flow direction of the fresh air supply, upstream of the quick-closing valve forming a minimum gap between the outlet opening and the quick-closing valve.

Feeding arrangement for introducing recirculated exhaust gas

A throttle flap construction (12) is installed in an exhaust gas duct (11). For the installation the duct wall is provided with a radially facing, axially extending narrow slot (20) centrally provided with a circular opening so that a flap disk (14) may pass radially inwardly through the slot while a bearing portion (17) of the flap disk (14) may pass through the central circular opening. During installation, the flap disk (14) extends vertically when the throttle unit is inserted, a cover (16) is bolted to a flange (11A) surrounding the slot (20) and the central opening (21). Thus, the duct (11) can be properly sealed without cutting entirely through the duct in a radial plane.

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