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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Tomohiro Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Sotsuo Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Watanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Sotsuo Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Watanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An EGR valve device includes a housing having an exhaust gas passage formed inside, a support shaft slidably supported within the housing through a bearing, a valve disposed on the support shaft to open and close the exhaust gas passage, an urging member for urging the support shaft in a direction to close the valve, a valve seat, insert-cast integral with the housing, for closing the exhaust gas passage by abutting against the valve, and an actuator for driving the support shaft in a direction to open the valve, wherein a plurality of recesses or projections are provided axisymmetrically or uniformly in the peripheral portion of the valve seat to be insert-cast.