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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2000
Johannes Pfetzer, Buehl, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a valve, in particular for the fluid circulation in a motor vehicle, having a housing ( ) with at least one inlet ( ) and at least one outlet ( ) that communicate with one another via a passage ( ), and having a valve member ( ), which is embodied as a movable flap ( ) that monitors the passage ( ), wherein the passage ( ) has a chamber ( ) in which the flap ( ) is disposed and into which the at least one inlet ( ) and the at least one outlet ( ) discharge, wherein the flap ( ) is pivotably supported in the housing ( ) and can be shifted via a drive mechanism ( ) from a first terminal position ( ) to a second terminal position ( ), and wherein the terminal positions ( ) form an angle (&agr;) that is smaller than 90°.