Valve device in a motor vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10215104
APP PUB NO 20170370298A1
SERIAL NO

15536784

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A valve device for a fuel cell arrangement in a motor vehicle includes: a housing; a flow channel extending in the housing; a flap configured to influence a flow cross-section in the flow channel; a shaft to which the flap is attached, the shaft being rotatably supported in the housing; a drive configured to drive the flap via the shaft; a valve seat arranged in the flow channel; and a seal including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) arranged on a radially peripheral edge of the flap, the seal being configured to contact the valve seat with the flap in a closed position of the flap, so that the shaft passes through the flap at an angle. The seal includes a spring.

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VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHVAHRENWALDER STRASSE 9 HANNOVER D-30165

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kohlen, Peter Neu Anspach, DE 23 97
Kopp, Stefan Bruchkoebel, DE 4 1
Montigny, Rainer Johannes Bad Soden, DE 9 7

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