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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Carsten Heldberg, Kirchlinteln, DE;
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/165 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 5/12 (2006.01); F16K 31/122 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/1655 (2013.01); F16K 5/0605 (2013.01); F16K 5/0647 (2013.01); F16K 5/12 (2013.01); F16K 31/1221 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F01P 2070/06 (2013.01); F16K 31/002 (2013.01); F16K 31/1223 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermostat valve for an internal combustion engine includes a housing with several cooling liquid connections and a drive which drives in rotation a hollow valve element mounted rotationally in the housing, by exerting a drive force, wherein the valve element has several openings delimited by its circumferential face which can be brought selectively in congruence with one or more of the cooling liquid connections of the housing by rotation of the valve element for the throughflow of cooling liquid.