Injection molded plastic valve assembly for a motor vehicle

Abstract

A valve assembly for controlling cooling fluid flows in a motor vehicle, the valve assembly including: a valve housing having a main housing body and a housing cover connected to the main housing body, a valve body receiving space being developed in the valve housing, which is enclosed by the main housing body and the housing cover, a fluid line system having at least two fluid lines, which run in different spatial regions starting from the valve body receiving space, a valve body, which is accommodated in the valve body receiving space rotatable about an actuation axis, the valve body being designed to taper along the actuation axis in such a way that by rotating the valve body about the actuation axis, a fluid connection situation of at least two fluid lines of the fluid line system is changeable, and a prestressing means, which applies a pressure onto the valve body along the actuation axis in the tapering direction, both the valve body as well at least the main housing body to be formed as injection molded parts from thermoplastic.

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