Exhaust gas flap drive

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10711706
APP PUB NO 20170268433A1
SERIAL NO

15532155

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An exhaust gas flap drive for an internal combustion engine, including a driveshaft which has a central axis m, an exhaust gas flap shaft, which is indirectly connected to the driveshaft and has a central axis k, and a coupling element, which is designed as a spring. The coupling element has a first end portion which is rotationally fixed to the driveshaft, and the driveshaft has a receiving area in which the end portion is mounted. The coupling element additionally has a second end portion which is rotationally fixed to the exhaust gas flap shaft via a coupling element, and the receiving area is designed as a groove which is provided on the end face of the driveshaft. The groove has a groove base and two groove flanks which delimit a width b of the groove. The width b decreases towards the groove base, and/or the coupling element has a form-fitting connection with the second end portion in a direction of the central axis k.

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  • TENNECO GMBH

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aigner, Johannes Karlsruhe, DE 1 4
Fuhrmann, Bernd Harthausen, DE 14 66

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