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Abstract

A butterfly valve assembly includes a butterfly valve housing which provides a gas flow channel and a butterfly valve adjustable in the butterfly valve housing between a closed position and an open position for a passage of flow. The butterfly valve assembly has a disk-shaped butterfly valve element supported on a pivot shaft rotatable about a pivot shaft axis. The pivot shaft has a first pivot shaft end portion provided for coupling to a pivot shaft drive, and in a first bearing region being supported rotatably about the pivot shaft axis on the housing, and a second pivot shaft end portion, in a second bearing region being supported rotatably about the pivot shaft axis on the housing. At least one bearing region includes a bearing unit rotatably supporting the pivot shaft. A seal is supported in the bearing unit and lies against an outer peripheral surface of the pivot shaft.

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