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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Albert Roche, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Stratford Maxwell Mardall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jan Kopitz, Fremont, CA (US);
Curt Raymond O'Donnell, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/085 (2006.01); B01D 24/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/085 (2013.01); F16K 11/0853 (2013.01); F16K 11/0856 (2013.01); B01D 24/4642 (2013.01); Y10T 137/86654 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86726 (2015.04);
Abstract
A multi-port, multi-mode valve includes: a valve housing; multiple ports on the valve housing, a spacing between first and second ports being smaller than a spacing between third and fourth ports; and a stemshell positioned at least partly inside the valve housing, the stemshell having at least two channels configured for selectively coupling one or more of the ports to a selected at least other one of the ports.