Exhaust-gas control device for an internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9366204-B2
Application number	US-201314376075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2013
Priority date	Feb 1, 2012
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

An exhaust-gas control device for an internal combustion engine includes a common valve body for controlling a flow in an exhaust-gas channel and for controlling a flow in a bypass channel. The valve body is rotatably arranged in a housing and controls outlet openings of the exhaust-gas channel and of the bypass channel. In one rotational position, the valve body closes an inlet channel by a base and thus interrupts the flow. At the same time, the exhaust-gas channel and the bypass channel are separated from each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An exhaust-gas control device ( 2 ) for an internal combustion engine ( 1 ), the exhaust-gas control device ( 2 ) controlling flow into an exhaust-gas duct ( 5 ) and into a bypass duct ( 6 ), the exhaust-gas control device ( 2 ) comprising:
an exhaust-gas valve ( 9 ) configured to control a flow of exhaust gases in the exhaust-gas duct ( 5 );
a bypass valve ( 10 ) configured to control a flow of exhaust gases in the bypass duct ( 6 );
an activatable actuator ( 8 ) configured to activate the exhaust-gas valve ( 9 ) and the bypass valve ( 10 );
a common valve body ( 15 ), usable by both the exhaust-gas valve ( 9 ) and the bypass valve ( 10 );
a common exhaust-gas inlet duct ( 11 ), usable by both the exhaust-gas valve ( 9 ) and the bypass valve ( 10 ); and
a housing ( 19 ) configured to accommodate the valve body ( 15 ), the housing ( 19 ) having:
an inlet opening ( 12 ) in communication with the common exhaust-gas inlet duct
a first outlet opening ( 13 ) in communication with the exhaust-gas duct ( 5 ) controlled by the exhaust-gas valve ( 9 ), and
a second outlet opening ( 14 ) in communication with the bypass duct ( 6 ) controlled by the bypass valve ( 10 ),

wherein the valve body ( 15 ) is arranged to rotate in the housing ( 19 ) about an axis of rotation and has first and second exhaust-gas guiding surfaces ( 20 , 21 ) inclined relative to the axis of rotation, and the valve body ( 15 ) has a raised portion ( 22 ) arranged on a sub-region of one of the first and second exhaust-gas guiding surfaces ( 20 , 21 ), the valve body ( 15 ) being arranged to rotate such that:
in a first rotational position of the valve body ( 15 ), the inlet opening ( 12 ) is connected via the first exhaust-gas guiding surface ( 20 ) to the first outlet opening ( 13 ),
in a second rotational position of the valve body ( 15 ), the inlet opening ( 12 ) is connected via the second exhaust-gas guiding surface ( 21 ) to the second outlet opening ( 14 ), and
in a third rotational position of the valve body ( 15 ), the raised portion ( 22 ) closes the inlet opening ( 12 ), the raised portion ( 22 ) being arranged only on one of the first and second exhaust-gas guiding surfaces ( 20 , 21 ) of the valve body ( 15 ).

2. The exhaust-gas control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common exhaust-gas inlet duct ( 11 ) extends as far as the common valve body ( 15 ).

3. The exhaust-gas control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common valve body ( 15 ), in one rotational position, closes the inlet opening ( 12 ).

4. The exhaust-gas control device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the common valve body ( 15 ), in the rotational position in which it closes the inlet opening ( 12 ), separates the two outlet openings ( 13 , 14 ) from one another.

5. The exhaust-gas control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuator ( 8 ) is a servomotor configured to adjust the rotational position of the valve body ( 15 ).

6. The exhaust-gas control device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an axis of rotation of the servomotor is arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of the valve body ( 15 ), and the exhaust-gas control device further comprising a planar gearing ( 16 ) between the servomotor and the valve body ( 15 ).

7. The exhaust-gas control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing ( 19 ) is of tubular form with a shell surface, the inlet opening ( 12 ) is arranged on one side of the shell surface, and the first and second outlet openings ( 13 , 14 ) are arranged on a side of the shell surface situated opposite the inlet opening ( 12 ).

Assignees

• Muresan Daniel
• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Muresan Daniel

Classifications

• F02M26/54

  Rotary actuators, e.g. step motors · CPC title

• F02M26/71

  Multi-way valves · CPC title

• F02M26/16 Primary

  with EGR valves located at or near the connection to the exhaust system · CPC title

• F16K11/0525

  the closure members being pivoted around an essentially central axis · CPC title

• F16K11/085

  with cylindrical plug · CPC title