Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermostat valve for a combustion engine
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Application No.: US14910321Application Date: 2014-07-01
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Publication No.: US09841115B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Rainer Gramss , Torsten Hauk
- Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Thompson Hine LLP
- Priority: DE102013109587 20130903
- International Application: PCT/US2014/045064 WO 20140701
- International Announcement: WO2015/034576 WO 20150312
- Main IPC: F16K31/02
- IPC: F16K31/02 ; F16K31/04 ; F16K11/078 ; F01P7/14 ; F16K11/08 ; F16K11/16 ; F16D11/00

Abstract:
A thermostat valve includes a housing with several cooling fluid connections, at least two hollow valve elements mounted rotatably next to one another in the housing on a common rotational shaft, each having at least one opening selectively couplable to one or more of the cooling fluid connections by way of rotation of the valve elements, and a rotational drive for a first of the valve elements can be driven rotationally in the housing, a second of the valve elements can be selectively coupled to or decoupled from the first valve element, the second valve element driven rotationally, when it is coupled to the first valve element, and a coupling element mounted axially movably on the rotational shaft, and a coupling drive by way of which the coupling element can be moved axially on the rotational shaft between a coupling position and a decoupling position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160178081A1 THERMOSTAT VALVE FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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