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US 7,992,550 · App. 12/513,635 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

Exhaust gas recirculation valve

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Patent No.
US 7,992,550
App. No.
12/513,635
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inner surface of an exhaust gas passage 22 of an EGR valve 11 is coated with Teflon coating 31 and a surface of a valve rod 25 is coated with a film 32 of chromium plating.

Claims (2)

1. An exhaust gas recirculation valve which is an exhaust gas recirculation valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas of an engine, wherein a film of Teflon or ceramic is formed over at least a portion of the inner surface of an exhaust gas passage and a plating film of nickel, titanium, chromium, a nickel alloy, a titanium alloy, or a chromium alloy is formed over at least a portion of the surface of a valve rod which is exposed to exhaust gas.

2. The EGR valve according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the exhaust gas passage over which the film is formed includes at least a recess provided on the inner surface of the exhaust gas passage or a portion of the exhaust gas passage which is exposed to exhaust gas.

Assignments (1)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
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