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US 11,598,441 B2Granted
Coolant control valve with non-coaxial rotary valve bodies
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorAshish Karve
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Abstract
A coolant control valve is provided that includes at least one actuator, a first rotary valve body and a second rotary valve body, each rotary valve body driveably connected to the at least one actuator. The second rotary valve body is arranged non-coaxially to the first rotary valve body.
Claims20
A coolant control valve, comprising:
- at least one actuator;
- a housing having an inner wall configured to separate a first liquid chamber from a second liquid chamber;
- a first rotary valve body disposed within the first liquid chamber and driveably connected to the at least one actuator, the first rotary valve body having a first rotational axis;
- and
- a second rotary valve body disposed within the second liquid chamber and driveably connected to the at least one actuator, the second rotary valve body having a second rotational axis;
- and
- the first rotational axis is parallel and non-coaxial to the second rotational axis;
- and
- the inner wall is configured so that liquid cannot flow between the first and second liquid chambers via the inner wall at any angular position of the first and second rotary valve bodies.
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A coolant control valve, comprising:
- at least one actuator;
- a housing having:
- a first liquid chamber;
- a second liquid chamber;
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- an inner wall shared by the first and second liquid chambers;
- a first rotary valve body disposed within the first liquid chamber and driveably connected to the at least one actuator, the first rotary valve body having a first rotational axis;
- and
- a second rotary valve body disposed within the second liquid chamber and driveably connected to the at least one actuator, the second rotary valve body having a second rotational axis;
- and
- at least a portion of a first longitudinal span of the first rotary valve body overlaps a second longitudinal span of the second rotary valve body;
- and
- at least one of the first rotary valve body or secondary rotary valve body has an internal cavity, the internal cavity configured to receive a liquid;
- and
- the first rotational axis is parallel and non-coaxial to the second rotational axis;
- and
- the inner wall configured so that liquid cannot flow between the first and second liquid chambers via the inner wall at any angular position of the first and second rotary valve bodies.
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A coolant control valve, comprising:
- at least one actuator;
- a housing having an inner wall configured to separate the housing into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber that are continuously, fluidically isolated from one another;
- a first rotary valve body disposed within the first liquid chamber and driveably connected to the at least one actuator, the first rotary valve body having a first rotational axis;
- and
- a second rotary valve body disposed within the second liquid chamber and driveably connected to the at least one actuator, the second rotary valve body having a second rotational axis;
- and
- the first rotational axis is parallel and non-coaxial to the second rotational axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.