← Back to Patent Explorer
EP0753656A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Exhaust gas recirculation

Assignee: Aisan Industry Co Ltd
•
Filing: 1996-06-25
•
Granted: —
•
Expires: 2016-06-25
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract An exhaust gas recirculator has a throttle valve (8) and an EGR valve (14) positioned on the downstream side of the throttle valve (8) disposed in an air intake passage (2) provided in a body (1) and connected t an internal combustion engine. A valve seat (28) having a recirculation opening (30) opened when a valve member (15) of the EGR valve (14) opens is disposed in an inner peripheral surface of the air intake passage (2). Exhaust gas flows through the recirculation opening (30) into the air intake passage (2) when the EGR valve is open. A recirculation opening sleeve (27) is fitted to a recirculation opening part of the body (1). The recirculation opening sleeve (27) is formed as a tube with the inner periphery of said front end portion (27a) forming the recirculation opening (30) and an end surface of said front end portion (27a) constituting the valve seat (28) of the EGR valve, and is fitted to the body so that said front end portion projects into the air intake passage. A hood (33) is disposed around the front end portion (27a) of the sleeve (27) so as to guide a flow of exhaust gas from the recirculation opening (30) in the downstream direction of the air intake passage (2) and provide an air passage between itself and the inner peripheral surface of the air intake passage (2). With this exhaust gas recirculator it is possible to reduce the adhesion of deposits to the throttle valve and effect cooling of a part around the recirculation opening.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masahiro c/o Aisan Kogyo K.K. Kobayashi
  • 👤 Naohisa c/o Aisan Kogyo K.K. Okada
  • 👤 Seiji c/o Aisan Kogyo K.K. Ii
  • 👤 Toshiro c/o Aisan Kogyo K.K. Makimura

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 12:13
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/52; F02M26/55; F02M26/13; F02M26/17; F02M26/21; F02M26/64; F02M26/65; F02M26/66; F02M26/68; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/0002; F02D2041/0022; F02M26/18; F02M26/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 230 words
An exhaust gas recirculator wherein a throttle valve (8) and an EGR valve (14), positioned on the downstream side of the throttle valve (8), are disposed in an air intake passage (2) provided in a body (1) and connected, in use, to an internal combustion engine, a valve seat (28) having a recirculation opening (30) opened when a valve member (15) of the EGR valve (14) opens is disposed in an inner peripheral surface of the air intake passage (2) and exhaust gas flows through the recirculation opening (30) into the air intake passage (2) when the EGR valve (14) is open; characterised in that: a tubular recirculation opening sleeve (27) is fitted to the body (1) so that a front end portion (27a) thereof projects into the intake air passage (2); the recirculation opening sleeve (27) is formed with the inner periphery of said front end portion (27a) thereof forming the recirculation opening (30) and an end surface of said front end portion (27a) constituting the valve seat (28); and a hood (33) is disposed around said front end portion (27a) of the sleeve (27) so as to guide a flow of exhaust gas from the recirculation opening (30) in the downstream direction of the intake air passage (2) and provide an air passage between the hood (33) and the inner peripheral surface of the air intake passage (2).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 72 words
An exhaust gas recirculator according to claim 1 wherein: the hood (33) is shaped like a bottomed tube closed at its upstream end and open at its downstream end and is connected to the front end portion (27a) of the recirculation opening sleeve (27) at a position upstream of the downstream end, and the downstream end surface (39) of the hood is tapered so that its cross-section narrows in the downstream direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
An exhaust gas recirculator according to claim 2 wherein: the angle of a tip in the downstream end surface (39) of the hood (33) is 40° to 60°.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 49 words
An exhaust gas recirculator according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein: the hood (33) is supported by a stay (5) extending from the inner circumferential surface of the air intake passage and a downstream end of the stay is disposed upstream of the downstream end of the hood.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 44 words
An exhaust gas recirculator according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein: a peripheral wall portion of the hood on a side thereof nearer the center of the air intake passage is formed in a shape such that it opens out with progress downstream.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

FR922202A Cited
EP0349729A1 Cited
EP0486338A1 Cited
DE4227739A1 Cited
DE4325169C1 Cited
DE4338194A1 Cited
DE4410487C1 Cited
DE4424644C1 Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Maintenance schedule is calculated for granted US utility patents.

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag