Abstract: An exhaust flap device for an internal combustion engine includes a flap housing and an actuator. The flap housing comprises an exhaust gas duct arranged in the flap housing. The exhaust gas duct is configured to have an exhaust gas flow there-through. An exhaust flap is arranged in the exhaust gas duct and is mounted in the flap housing. The exhaust flap is configured to rotate. A coolant duct is arranged in the flap housing so as to at least partially surround the exhaust flap. The actuator comprises an electric motor and an actuator housing which comprises an actuator coolant duct. The actuator is configured to drive the exhaust flap. The coolant duct arranged in the flap housing is configured to be in a direct fluid communication with the actuator coolant duct.

Abstract: An exhaust-gas recirculation module for an internal combustion engine includes an outer housing, an exhaust-gas cooler comprising an inner housing arranged within the outer housing, an exhaust-gas recirculation valve arranged upstream of the exhaust-gas cooler, an exhaust-gas duct formed in the outer housing arranged upstream of the exhaust-gas recirculation valve, and a coolant channel arranged between the inner housing and the exhaust-gas duct.

Abstract: A cooler arrangement for connection to an exhaust gas manifold or to an exhaust gas outlet of an engine block of an internal combustion machine includes an exhaust gas cooler comprising at least one exhaust gas duct and a coolant jacket. The exhaust gas cooler is configured to be mounted at the engine block or at the exhaust gas manifold. An exhaust gas recirculation valve is configured to regulate an exhaust gas flow. An actuator is disposed on a side of the exhaust gas recirculation valve opposite the exhaust gas cooler. The actuator is configured to actuate the exhaust gas recirculation valve. A coolant duct segment is arranged between the exhaust gas manifold or the engine block and the actuator. The coolant duct segment is fluidically connected to the coolant jacket.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cooling module for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation valve comprising an exhaust gas recirculation valve housing having an inlet, an exhaust gas heat exchanger, an exhaust gas non-return valve comprising an exhaust gas non-return valve housing, and two exhaust gas channels. The two exhaust gas channels are arranged in the exhaust gas cooling module so as to separately extend from the inlet of the exhaust gas recirculation valve housing to the exhaust gas non-return valve housing via the exhaust gas heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine includes a channel configured to have a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough, a coolant channel, and a separating wall configured to separate the coolant channel from the channel. The separating wall comprises knobs on a surface facing the coolant channel. The knobs are arranged on the surface so as to form first zones comprising the knobs and second zones comprising a smooth surface without the knobs. The first zones and the second zones are arranged relative to each another so as to from zones with a different flow resistance.

Abstract: A control valve for installation on an internal combustion engine includes a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet. A passage is arranged between the inlet and the outlet and is configured to connect the inlet with the outlet. A control body is configured to control the passage. The control body is fixed to an actuating element. An actuator is configured to move the actuating element. The actuator is fixed to the housing. A heat shield is arranged between the actuator and the internal combustion engine. The heat shield is integrally formed with the housing of the control valve.

Abstract: An exhaust flap device for an internal combustion engine includes a flap housing and an actuator. The flap housing comprises an exhaust gas duct arranged in the flap housing. The exhaust gas duct is configured to have an exhaust gas flow there-through. An exhaust flap is arranged in the exhaust gas duct and is mounted in the flap housing. The exhaust flap is configured to rotate. A coolant duct is arranged in the flap housing so as to at least partially surround the exhaust flap. The actuator comprises an electric motor and an actuator housing which comprises an actuator coolant duct. The actuator is configured to drive the exhaust flap. The coolant duct arranged in the flap housing is configured to be in a direct fluid communication with the actuator coolant duct.

Abstract: A heat transfer device for an internal combustion engine includes an outer housing comprising an inner wall. An inner housing comprises a partition wall which comprises an outer surface. The inner housing separates an inner duct, which has a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough, from an outer coolant duct, which is formed between the inner housing and the outer housing. Fins extend from the partition wall into the inner duct. Recesses are formed on the outer surface. An inner wall is formed on a surface of the outer housing facing the coolant duct. Projections extend from the inner wall. The projections extend towards the recess on the partition wall so that a cross section of the coolant duct is substantially constant. The projections on the inner wall of the outer housing are formed by beads on the outer housing.

Abstract: An exhaust-gas recirculation module for an internal combustion engine includes an outer housing, an exhaust-gas cooler comprising an inner housing arranged within the outer housing, an exhaust-gas recirculation valve arranged upstream of the exhaust-gas cooler, an exhaust-gas duct formed in the outer housing arranged upstream of the exhaust-gas recirculation valve, and a coolant channel arranged between the inner housing and the exhaust-gas duct.

Abstract: A heat transfer unit for an internal combustion engine includes a first channel with an inlet and an outlet. The first channel is configured to have a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough. The second channel is configured to have a cooling fluid flow therethrough. A partition wall(s) is disposed to separate the first channel from the second channel. Ribs extend from partition wall(s) into the first channel and are disposed in a principal flow direction of the fluid to be cooled. The second channel comprises a first section and a second section in the principal flow direction. The ribs of the first section have a first cross section in a first flow-off portion that is constant in the principal flow direction. The ribs of the second section have a second cross section in a second flow-off portion that widens in the principal flow direction.

Abstract: A cooler arrangement for connection to an exhaust gas manifold or to an exhaust gas outlet of an engine block of an internal combustion machine includes an exhaust gas cooler comprising at least one exhaust gas duct and a coolant jacket. The exhaust gas cooler is configured to be mounted at the engine block or at the exhaust gas manifold. An exhaust gas recirculation valve is configured to regulate an exhaust gas flow. An actuator is disposed on a side of the exhaust gas recirculation valve opposite the exhaust gas cooler. The actuator is configured to actuate the exhaust gas recirculation valve. A coolant duct segment is arranged between the exhaust gas manifold or the engine block and the actuator. The coolant duct segment is fluidically connected to the coolant jacket.

Abstract: A heat transmission unit includes a channel conducting a coolant, and a channel conducting a fluid to be cooled. The two channels are separated from each other by a wall provided with ribs extending therefrom into at least one of the two channels. The channel conducting the fluid to be cooled includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The channel is separated by a partition wall, arranged in flow direction, into a first and a second partial channel having a first partial inlet for fluid and a second partial inlet for fluid, and a first partial outlet for fluid and a second partial outlet for fluid. At least the first partial inlet for fluid is adapted to be shut off by a first shut-off device.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cooling module for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation valve comprising an exhaust gas recirculation valve housing having an inlet, an exhaust gas heat exchanger, an exhaust gas non-return valve comprising an exhaust gas non-return valve housing, and two exhaust gas channels. The two exhaust gas channels are arranged in the exhaust gas cooling module so as to separately extend from the inlet of the exhaust gas recirculation valve housing to the exhaust gas non-return valve housing via the exhaust gas heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heat transfer unit for an internal combustion engine includes a first channel with an inlet and an outlet. The first channel is configured to have a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough. The second channel is configured to have a cooling fluid flow therethrough. A partition wall(s) is disposed to separate the first channel from the second channel. Ribs extend from partition wall(s) into the second channel and are disposed in a principal flow direction of the fluid to be cooled. The second channel comprises a first section and a second section in the principal flow direction. The ribs of the first section have a first cross section in a first flow-off portion that is constant in the principal flow direction. The ribs of the second section have a second cross section in a second flow-off portion that widens in the principal flow direction.

Abstract: Previous heat transmission units have only low cooling efficiencies in case of small fluid mass flows. According to the invention, it is proposed to configure a heat transmission unit (1) in such a manner that a channel (4) conducting the fluid to be cooled is separated, by a partition wall (14;23,24;29,30), into at least two separated partial channels (15,16), a first one of these channels being adapted to be shut off by a shut-off means (21;27;31) arranged at a first partial fluid inlet (17) of this channel. Preferably, in spite of the closed condition of this inlet cross section, full use is made of the existing cooler surface in that there is effected, by suitable arrangement of the partition walls (14;23,24;29, 30) and by further shut-off means (28;32), a deflection of the fluid mass flow in the heat transmission unit (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a throttle plate port whose pivot axis is disposed so as to be axially offset with respect to the throttle plate and whose radial peripheral surface is shaped, at least by sections, in the form of spherical sectors, where in the position which closes the bore the peripheral surface of the throttle plate abuts, in the form of a line, the seat face of the housing. Through this type of eccentric disposition and simultaneous realization of the peripheral surface, the housing can be realized without undercuts and nonetheless precise dosing can be achieved in the case of small pivot angles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controllable two-way valve (1), in which a valve rod (3) is connected in a permanent manner to at least two valve members (4, 5, 6, 24, 25; 39, 40), the valve rod (3) being actuated by means of an actuator (2). The housing (7) comprises an inlet (8; 4) or outlet and two corresponding outlets (9; 32; 42), (10; 28; 43) or inlets. According to the invention, the two valve members (4, 5, 6; 24, 25; 39, 40) correspond with at least two valve seats (12, 17, 22; 29, 37, 38; 46, 47) and the two or more valve members (4, 5, 6; 24, 25; 39, 40) have three control surfaces (11, 13, 18; 26, 27, 31; 44, 45, 48). The invention thus provides a dirt-resistant valve, which is easy to operate, has fixed valve members and does not require additional equipment. Said valve permits both the inlet to be completely blocked and the two outlets to be controlled independently of one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air-intake duct system (1) in which a throttle valve (40), an exhaust gas recirculating valve (29), a bypass valve (19), an exhaust gas cooler (11), against which exhaust gas flows via bypass valve (19), and, optionally, an air mass sensor are integrated. A complete intake unit for modern engines is hereby created, with which achieves a charging optimization and thus a reduction in fuel consumption as well as a reduction in pollutants by a corresponding thermal management in the engine by the exhaust gas cooler (11) that, together with a shell (3, 4) of the housing (2), is manufactured as a single piece. The individual add-on pieces (12, 19, 29, 40, 59) are optimally matched to one another and have, due to their designs, a low weight and a low finishing work requirement. This makes it possible to distinctly reduce assembly and manufacturing costs.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air-intake duct system (1) in which a throttle valve (40), an exhaust gas recirculating valve (29), a bypass valve (19), an exhaust gas cooler (11), against which exhaust gas flows via the bypass valve (19), and, optionally, an air mass sensor are integrated. A complete intake unit for modern engines is hereby created, with which both a charging optimization and thus a reduction in fuel consumption as well as a reduction in pollutants are achieved by a corresponding thermal management in the engine by the exhaust gas cooler (11) that, together with a shell (3, 4) of the housing (2), is manufactured as a single piece. The individual add-on pieces (12, 19, 29, 40, 59) are optimally matched to one another and have, due to their designs, a low weight and a low requirement of finishing work. This makes it possible to distinctly reduce assembly and manufacturing costs.

Abstract: An air intake channel system for internal combustion engines is provided. The system includes several air intake channels each of which is formed by at least a first and a second channel member. A common channel member is allocated to two of the air intake channels and includes two air inlet openings. By pivoting the common channel member, the length of the air intake channels can be jointly varied.