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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Internal combustion engine with compressor, exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement and pivotable flap
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Christian Winge Vigild, Aldenhoven, DE;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Hanno Friederichs, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/10 (2006.01); F02M 26/70 (2016.01); F16K 15/14 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/1015 (2013.01); F02M 26/70 (2016.02); F16K 15/142 (2013.01); F16K 27/0218 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and system are provided for a flap valve having a sealing element. In one example, a system include a front side of the flap valve having a first sealing element and a back side of the flap valve having a second sealing element, where the first sealing element and the second sealing element are located along a circumferential edge of the flap valve and spaced away from its geometric center.