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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2011
Primoz Zlindra, Magstadt, DE;
Timo Hufnagel, Weinstadt, DE;
Mark Sealy, Warwickshire, GB;
Norgren GmbH, Alpen, DE;
Abstract
A butterfly valve () is provided according to the invention. The butterfly valve () includes a valve body () including a valve bore () passing through the valve body () and a shaft bore (), a valve shaft () located in the shaft bore () and extending through the valve bore (), a thermal conductor ring () fitted over an end of the valve shaft (), and at least one compression ring () mounted to the thermal conductor ring () and located within the shaft bore (). The at least one compression ring () fits partially into and extends partially out of a corresponding at least one ring groove () in the thermal conductor ring (), with the at least one compression ring () substantially sealing the thermal conductor ring () to an actuator-side shaft bore (A).