Systems and methods for a thermal management control valve with a louver plate assembly

A thermal management control valve comprising:

• a housing assembly including a first housing section and a second housing section;
• a rotary actuator coupled to a drive shaft that extends into the housing assembly;
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• a louver plate assembly enclosed within the housing assembly and including:
• a louver plate including a plurality of louver slots, each extending through the louver plate, wherein the louver plate is coupled to the drive shaft so that rotation of the drive shaft is configured to selectively move the louver plate along a louver direction between a first position and a second position;
• a first seal plate arranged between the louver plate and the first housing section, and including one or more first seal plate slots;
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• a second seal plate arranged between the louver plate and the second housing section, and including one or more second seal plate slots, wherein the first seal plate and the second seal plate are arranged along a central axis, wherein the first seal plate defines a different rotational orientation about the central axis than the second seal plate, and wherein the different rotational orientation defines a first louver passageway, a second louver passageway, a third louver passageway, and a fourth louver passageway within the louver plate assembly that are selectively opened and closed by movement of the louver plate between the first position and the second position.

A thermal management control valve comprising:

• a housing assembly including a first housing section and a second housing section, wherein the second housing section at least partially defines a louver manifold, and wherein the louver manifold includes a pair of opposing sidewalls;
• a first pair of mounting tabs that protrude outwardly from one of the pair of opposing sidewalls;
• a second pair of mounting tabs that protrude outwardly from another of the pair of opposing sidewalls;
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• a louver plate assembly at least partially received within the louver manifold and including:
• a louver plate having a pair of opposing outside walls contacting the first and second pair of mounting tabs, respectively;
• a first seal plate;
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• a first static seal plate arranged between the first seal plate and the second housing section, and including mounting notches arranged on opposing outer surfaces thereof, wherein the first seal plate is arranged between the louver plate and the first static seal plate, wherein the first pair of mounting tabs extend into the mounting notch formed on one of the opposing outer surfaces and the second pair of mounting tabs extend into the mounting notch on another of the opposing outer surfaces, so that the first pair of mounting tabs and the second pair of mounting tabs constrain a location of the first static seal plate within the louver manifold.