Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC

Vitesco Technologies Gmbh

Mitchell Koupal

Alexander Dragojlov

Gerhard Eser

Ravinder Singh Gill

Markus Feulner

Manuel Dillinger

Sebastian Brettner

Benjamin MacNally

Jörg Eissler

Peter Welteroth

Armin Seeger

Mohammad Abu Jubbeh

A coolant flow control valve (CFCV) which includes an actuator having a microcontroller which drives an electric motor, such as a brushless DC motor. The motor drives a gear train, and the gear train drives a valve. The motor and gear train are used to rotate the valve to one or more positions, and thus direct coolant (passing through the valve) between ports. The valve is rotated to different positions to create various flow paths, such that coolant is directed between the different flow paths. The valve is a rotor having three different channels. The CFCV may also include a compound valve, where two valves are connected to and driven by one actuator. The valves may be of different shapes to accommodate inlet and outlet ports of various configurations.

Multi-port valve assembly

A mixing valve has a housing with a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, and has a valve element arranged adjustably in the housing, and which valve element has a first fluid passage which, in a first position of the valve element, connects the first inlet and first outlet, in a second position of the valve element, connects the first inlet and second outlet, and in a third position of the valve element, connects the first inlet to the first outlet and second outlet, and which valve element has a second fluid passage which, in the first position of the valve element, connects the second inlet and second outlet, in the second position of the valve element, connects the second inlet and first outlet, and, in the third position of the valve element, connects the second inlet to the first outlet and second outlet.

Mixing valve

A multi-port thermal module which includes a central housing, a plurality of flow cavities integrally formed as part of the central housing, at least one inner housing connected to a first side of the central housing, a first plurality of inner flow channels integrally formed as part of the first inner housing, each of the first plurality of inner flow channels in fluid communication with at least one of the flow cavities, and a first outer housing connected to the first inner housing. A portion of each of a first plurality of flow channels is integrally formed as part of the first inner housing, and another portion of each of the first plurality of flow channels is integrally formed as part of the first outer housing. A rotor located in the central housing is rotated to various orientations to direct fluid between the plurality of flow cavities.

Multi-port thermal module

A multi-port valve assembly, which includes a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing such that the rotor is operable for being placed in a plurality of positions, and a first channel integrally formed as part of the rotor. The multi-port valve assembly includes various ports which are all integrally formed as part of the housing. The rotor is rotated such that the multi-port valve assembly is placed in one of a plurality of configurations having two or more flow paths, providing fluid communication between the various ports. The rotor may include a first side channel, a second side channel fluidically isolated from the first side channel, and where the first side channel and the second side channel are fluidically isolated from the first channel. The rotor may also a first channel and a second channel, and the second channel is fluidically isolated from the first channel.

Combination multi-port valve

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Mitchell Koupal