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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2022
Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Alexandru Popa, Timisoara, RO;
Carsten Mikolajek, Griesheim, DE;
Cosmin Ion Belin, Timisoara, RO;
Dumitru Craciun, Oradea, RO;
Robert-Marian Chitac, Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO;
Mihai Drienovsky, Timisoara, RO;
Deian Rasici, Timisoara, RO;
Alexandru-Ilie Isaincu, Dudestii Noi, RO;
Denis Brujan, Caransebes, RO;
Vitesco Technologies GmbH, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
A sealing arrangement for a fluid valve having a housing, a flap that controls fluid flow, a retaining ring with a contact portion and a multiplicity of legs, and seal a seal having an encircling radial web and a first radial surface adjacent to the radial web, on the upstream side. A first side surface of the radial web lies against a contact surface of the inner wall of the housing, the retaining-ring contact portion has a retaining-ring contact provided to lie against a second side surface of the radial web that is on the downstream side, and free ends of the multiplicity of legs are provided to be supported under prestress against a supporting portion of the inner wall of the housing, extending substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow of the fluid.