Title:
THERMOSTAT VALVE FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/078255
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention concerns a thermostat valve for a combustion engine, comprising a housing, which has several cooling fluid connections, and comprising at least one first hollow valve element, which has a spherical or spherical-segment shaped shell surface and is mounted rotatably in the housing, wherein the at least one first valve element comprises several openings limited by the shell surface, which openings can be selectively connected with one or several of the cooling fluid connections of the housing by rotation of the at least one first valve element, wherein at least one second valve element is provided which is rotatable in the housing relative to the at least one first valve element, wherein the at least one second valve element can selectively close or open one or several of the cooling fluid connections of the housing through rotation, and wherein a rotational drive is provided, with which the at least one first valve element and/or the at least one second valve element can be driven rotatably.
Inventors:
BARTONEK NORBERT (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/069537
Publication Date:
December 24, 2014
Filing Date:
November 12, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS (US)
International Classes:
G05D23/01; F01P7/16; F16K11/00; F16K27/04; G05D7/06; G05D23/19
Foreign References:
| EP1529937A1 | 2005-05-11 | |||
| DE102006038213A1 | 2008-02-21 | |||
| DE102009004157B3 | 2010-04-15 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HAUPTMAN, Benjamin, J. (LLP2318 Mill Road, Suite 140, Alexandria Virginia, US)
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