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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:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric R Sattler, Southgate, MI (US);
Joel S Myers, Southgate, MI (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123337 ; 251300 ;
Abstract
A plastic throttle body valve including a valve body having an interior passage way connecting an inlet and an outlet of the valve body. The valve body includes an arcuate surface through which the inlet is provided, and a closure member pivotally attached to the valve body for selectively opening and closing the inlet. The valve has the advantage that there is no obstruction in the air stream when the valve is wide open.