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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Raul A. Bircann, Penfield, NY (US);
Dwight O. Palmer, Rochester, NY (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for containing leakage along a pintle shaft in a pintle-type gas control valve, such as an exhaust gas recirculation valve for an internal combustion engine or a reformate diverter valve for a fuel cell, comprising a novel seal element and means for sealing the element to the valve's pintle shaft bearing and to an interrupted pintle shaft. The system comprises two elements: a positive vapor block in the form of an elastomeric boot or folded diaphragm disposed across the pintle interruption, and a pintle shaft bearing disposable in the valve's body and sealingly secured to the boot or diaphragm. The system may include a coil spring disposed in compression within the boot or diaphragm.