Flap device for an internal combustion engine or an electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9851123-B2
Application number	US-201314441180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	Nov 9, 2012
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A flap device for an internal combustion engine or an electric vehicle includes a flap body comprising a receiving opening, a duct housing configured to rotate arranged in the flap body, an actuator, a first bearing, a stub shaft arranged to project from the actuator through the duct housing to the flap body, a slide bearing arranged in the receiving opening of the flap body, and an axial pin arranged so as to be fixed in the duct housing on a side of the flap body opposite to the stub shaft. The stub shaft is supported in the duct housing via the first bearing. The axial pin supports the flap body via the slide bearing and projects into the receiving opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flap device for an internal combustion engine or an electric vehicle, the flap device comprising:
a flap body comprising a receiving opening;
a duct housing configured to have the flap body rotate therein;
an actuator;
a first bearing;
a stub shaft arranged to project from the actuator through the duct housing to the flap body, the stub shaft being supported in the duet housing via the first bearing;
a slide bearing arranged in the receiving opening of the flap body; and
an axial pin arranged so as to be fixed in the duct housing on a side of the flap body opposite to the stub shaft, the axial pin being configured to support the flap body via the slide bearing and to project into the receiving opening.

2. The flap device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the axial pin is press-fitted in the duct housing.

3. The flap device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiving ring configured to have the stub shaft extend therethrough,
wherein,
the duct housing comprises a duct,
the flap body further comprises a flap body abutment face, the abutment face being configured to axially limit the receiving ring, and
the first bearing is a rolling bearing comprising an axial end arranged to extend into the duct and to abut on the flap body abutment face of the flap body.

4. The flap device as recited in claim 3 , wherein the rolling bearing is a needle bearing.

5. The flap device as recited in claim 4 , wherein the needle bearing comprises integrated sealing rings.

6. The flap device as recited in claim 3 , further comprising:
a receiving opening abutment face configured to surround the receiving opening; and
a disk arranged between the flap body and the duct housing,
wherein,
the disk is configured to partially radially surround the axial pin and to axially abut against the receiving opening abutment face and against the duct housing.

7. The flap device as recited in claim 6 , wherein,
the duct housing comprises a recess, and
the disk comprises a first axial section and a second axial section, the first axial section being arranged in the recess of the duct housing, and the second axial section being configured to extend into the duct.

8. The flap device as recited in claim 6 , further comprising:
a first annular projection configured to extend from the flap body abutment face axially to the duct housing; and
a second annular projection configured to extend from the receiving opening abutment face axially to the duct housing.

9. The flap device as recited in claim 8 , wherein the first annular projection is further configured to surround a section of the first bearing which extends into the duct.

10. The flap device as recited in claim 8 , wherein the second annular projection is further configured to surround a section of the disk which extends into the duct.

11. The flap device as recited in claim 8 , wherein the stub shaft comprises a step arranged in the receiving ring of the flap body, and a first section arranged to face the flap body.

12. The flap device as recited in claim 1 , wherein,
the flap body is made of plastic and further comprises a metal plate arranged so that the plastic is molded so as to partially surround the metal plate, and
the stub shaft comprises an axial slot configured to have the metal plate of the flap body extend therein.

13. The flap device as recited in claim 12 , further comprising:
a screw,
wherein,
the stub shaft further comprises a thread,
the metal plate comprises a hole configured to have the screw pass therethrough, and
the screw is configured to pass through the stub shaft and through the hole in the metal plate so as to engage the thread in the stub shaft beyond the axial slot.

14. The flap device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising, a tooth segment arranged by a molding at an end of the stub shaft facing the actuator.

15. The flap device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the slide bearing is formed in the flap body geodetically below the first bearing.

Assignees

• Pierburg Gmbh

Inventors

• Schaefer Michael
• Neise Ralf
• Muenich Marc-Anton
• Glaesser Michael
• Heinemann Lars

Classifications

• F02D9/106 Primary

  Sealing of the valve shaft in the housing, e.g. details of the bearings · CPC title

• F24F13/1426 Primary

  characterised by actuating means · CPC title

• F16K1/224

  Details of bearings for the axis of rotation · CPC title

• F02D9/107

  Manufacturing or mounting details · CPC title

• F02D9/108

  Plastics · CPC title