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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Marc Eisele, Stuttgart, DE;
Ivano Morgillo, Neuhütten, DE;
Marc Eisele, Stuttgart, DE;
Ivano Morgillo, Neuhütten, DE;
Mahle International GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A valve device for an intake system of an internal combustion engine may include a housing and a flap arrangement. The housing may have one inlet duct per cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The flap arrangement may have a flap for each inlet duct for varying the cross-section of the respective inlet duct through which a flow can pass. The respective flap may be a trough-shaped flap having a curved stirrup region. The respective flap may be arranged between the stirrup ends eccentrically with respect to a flap pivot axis. The flap arrangement may have a common actuating shaft for the common pivoting of the flaps about the flap pivot axis. The actuating shaft may be coupled with an adjusting drive via a lever element having a metallic insert and a plastic body injected onto the insert.