Distribution device for distributing fluid flows and method for operating a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGerson Hartwig, Dirk Franke
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Abstract
A distribution device for distributing fluid flows, having a main passage and having a multiplicity of discharge passages branching off from the main passage, wherein the distribution device is designed to distribute a fluid flow entering the main passage among the discharge passages. An inner passage is arranged inside the main passage, wherein the inner passage is designed to conduct fluid that enters the inner passage to at least one of the discharge passages, and wherein the distribution device has a shutoff device for shutting off a fluid flow entering the inner passage from the main passage.
Claims10
A distribution device for distributing fluid flows, the distribution device comprising:
- a main passage;
- at least two discharge passages branching off from the main passage, the distribution device being designed to distribute a fluid flow entering the main passage among the at least two discharge passages;
- an inner passage arranged inside the main passage, the inner passage adapted to conduct fluid that enters the inner passage to at least one of the at least two discharge passages;
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- a shutoff device to shut off a fluid flow entering the inner passage from the main passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.