Multi-valve

A multi-valve for a cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a valve housing, which has a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets and delimits a cylindrical valve chamber, the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets opening into the cylindrical valve chamber;
• and
• a valve unit, which is arranged inside the cylindrical valve chamber of the valve housing and is rotatable about an axis of rotation between a plurality of switching positions by an actuator,
• wherein, depending on a switching position of the valve unit, different inlets of the plurality of inlets are fluidically connectable to different outlets of the plurality of outlets,
• wherein the valve unit has a plurality of fluid channel structures which are offset from one another in a circumferential direction, and
• wherein each switching position of the plurality of switching positions is respectively assigned a fluid channel structure of the plurality of fluid channel structures,
• wherein each fluid channel structure of the plurality of fluid channel structures results in a unique configuration, with respect to any other fluid channel structure, of specific inlets of the plurality of inlets being fluidically connectable to specific outlets of the plurality of outlets.

A multi-valve for a cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a valve housing, which has a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets and delimits a cylindrical valve chamber, the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets opening into the cylindrical valve chamber;
• and
• a valve unit, which is arranged inside the cylindrical valve chamber of the valve housing and is rotatable about an axis of rotation between a plurality of switching positions by an actuator,
• wherein the plurality of inlets comprise a first inlet and a second inlet, and the plurality of outlets comprises a first outlet and a second outlet,
• wherein the valve unit comprises a plurality of fluid channel structures which are offset from one another in a circumferential direction and which are each configured to fluidically connect an inlet of the plurality of inlets to an outlet of the plurality of outlets, the plurality of fluid channel structures comprising a first fluid channel structure configured such that the first inlet is fluidically connectable to the first outlet, and a second fluid channel structure configured such that the first inlet is fluidically connectable to the second outlet or the second inlet is fluidically connectable to the first outlet, and
• wherein each switching position of the plurality of switching positions is configured to apply a different fluid channel structure of the plurality of fluid channel structures to the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets.