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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Klaus Gebauer, Seelze, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Deutschi and GmbH, Barsinghausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231883 ; 1231888 ; 1231889 ;
Abstract
A hollow valve for internal combustion engines, comprising a valve body having a disk, a hollow throat region and a stem component, wherein the valve body is designed in the form a deep-drawn metal part made of austenitic metal. There is a stem end piece welded to the stem component of the valve body and a cover welded to the disk. The valve body, end piece and cover enclose a hollow space extending from the stem end piece into the disk. This valve is considerably lighter in weight than traditional valves, and is capable of lowering the temperature of the valve when the hollow space is filled with a coolant.