Cummins Inc.

Thomas Roberts

Christopher Parry

Robin Daniels

Mark R Holden

Richard Goodyear

Thomas Morton

Donald E Willey

Matthew J Purdey

John Bywater

George E Sandford

James Alexander Mcewen

Martin Selway

Jon-Luke Keating

Lee J Curtis

Henry David Lambton Carr

Fahim Ismail Patel

Lisa Jane Hill

Stephen Caddy

Matthew Whittlesea

Jonathan Wilson

Gareth Williamson

Kevin Franks

Dave Lee

Thomas Hulson

Levinia Mathews

Waqas Ali

Laith Al-Kazaz

Ross Deacon

Lee Curtis

There is provided a seal assembly comprising: a first component and a second component spaced apart from the first component so as to define a passage for the transfer of fluid from an inlet of the seal assembly to an outlet of the seal assembly, wherein the first component comprises a concavity at least partially defining the passage, and wherein no part of the second component extends into the portion of the passage bounded by the concavity.

Seal assembly

A valve system comprising a valve chamber at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with exhaust gas, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; a rotary valve comprising a valve rotor which rotates about a valve axis within the valve chamber between a first position to permit gas flow through the bypass port and a second position to block gas flow. At least one of the valve rotor and the valve chamber comprises a protrusion and the other comprises a recess, wherein, in the first position, the protrusion and recess are spaced from one another, and, in the second position the recess receives the protrusion such that gas flow between the protrusion and recess is substantially prevented.

Valve system

A rotary turbine bypass valve comprises a valve chamber positioned at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with a flow of exhaust gas from an engine, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; and a valve rotor supported for rotation, about a valve axis, within the valve chamber. The valve rotor is rotatable about the valve axis between a first position in which the valve rotor permits gas flow through the bypass port and a second position in which the valve rotor blocks gas flow through the bypass port. The valve rotor is eccentric such that it includes a seal portion which is a portion of the valve rotor within the valve chamber which is furthest radially spaced from the valve axis; and as the valve rotor moves from the first position to the second position the seal portion moves towards the bypass port such that the radial separation between the valve rotor and the bypass port decreases to a minimum when the valve rotor is in the second position in which the seal portion is adjacent the bypass port.

Rotary turbine bypass valve

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Thomas Roberts