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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Dean Jinkyu Rim, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exhaust valve ( ) includes a housing ( ) having a passageway ( ) extending axially therethrough. The exhaust valve ( ) also includes a rotatable butterfly plate ( ) disposed in the passageway ( ) of the housing ( ) and having an annular groove ( ) in a periphery thereof. The exhaust valve ( ) further includes a ring seal ( ) disposed in the groove ( ) and being radially compressible and expandable for engagement and disengagement with the housing for opening and closing the passageway ( ) to allow and prevent exhaust gases flowing therethrough.
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