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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1994
Jeffrey A Rock, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Kenneth J Dauer, Avon, NY (US);
William H Pettit, Rochester, NY (US);
Donald D Stoltman, Henrietta, NY (US);
James O Wilson, Perry, NY (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A valve for an automotive vehicle emission system is provided which includes a valve housing with an inlet communicating the valve housing with an air pump; an outlet fluidly communicating the valve with a catalytic converter, the outlet having a check valve preventing flow from an engine exhaust conduit through the valve to the air pump; an upper diaphragm in the valve housing creating a first chamber in the housing which is fluidly exposed to the inlet; a lower diaphragm in the housing creating a second chamber between itself and the first diaphragm, the lower diaphragm forming a third chamber between itself and the housing generally opposite the first chamber; a sealing wall located within the housing separating the second chamber from the inlet, the sealing wall having a surface forming a valve seat with the lower diaphragm, dividing the inlet from the second chamber; a spring urging the lower diaphragm toward the first chamber; and a valve stem connecting the upper and lower diaphragms wherein the air pressure within the lower chamber causes a generally equal force on the upper diaphragm to move in a first direction as it causes on the lower diaphragm to move in a second direction opposite from the first direction, moving the lower diaphragm away from the sealing wall.