Fluid distributor valve with temperature sensor
AssigneeStoneridge Control Devices, Inc.
InventorRobert James Steinman
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Abstract
A coolant distributor valve for a vehicle cooling system includes a housing that includes a valve body portion with multiple fluid ports respectively providing multiple fluid passages, a rotary valve that is arranged in the valve body portion and has multiple fluid openings, the rotary valve is configured to rotate about a valve axis between multiple flow positions arranging the multiple fluid openings relative to the multiple fluid passages. The rotary valve includes an aperture that is arranged radially inward from the multiple fluid openings, and a temperature sensor that is aligned with the aperture in each of the multiple flow positions. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a coolant temperature within the rotary valve.
Claims15
A coolant distributor valve for a vehicle cooling system, comprising:
- a housing including a valve body portion with multiple fluid ports respectively providing multiple fluid passages;
- a rotary valve arranged in the valve body portion and having multiple fluid openings, the rotary valve configured to rotate about a valve axis between multiple flow positions arranging the multiple fluid openings relative to the multiple fluid passages, the rotary valve includes an aperture arranged radially inward from the multiple fluid openings;
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- a temperature sensor aligned with the aperture in each of the multiple flow positions, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to detect a coolant temperature within the rotary valve.
A method of assembling a coolant distributor valve, comprising:
- arranging a temperature sensor connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) into an electronics portion;
- inserting a shaft of a rotary valve into the electronics portion and aligning the temperature sensor with an aperture in the rotary valve;
- securing a valve body portion to the electronics portion and over the rotary valve, the valve body portion having multiple fluid ports respectively providing multiple fluid passages, wherein the rotary valve includes multiple fluid openings configured to be arranged relative to the multiple fluid passages in multiple flow positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.