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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Cook, Chatham, CA;
Assignee:
Bendix Electronics Limited, Chatham, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25112911 ; 137486487.5 ; 25112912 ;
Abstract
An electrically controlled EGR valve comprising: a valve stem (64), eccentrically positioned from an axis of rotation and movable in a substantially axial manner relative to a valve seat (84); a poppet valve (70) carried by the valve stem for closing the valve seat (84); a first shaft (52) eccentrically positioned relative to the axis of rotation and engagably connected to one end of the valve stem (64), and an electrically controlled actuator such as a torque motor (30) for rotating the first shaft (52) about the axis to cause the valve stem to move.