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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Torsten Hauk, Neustadt, DE;
Carsten Heldberg, Kirchlinteln, DE;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A thermostatic valve for an internal combustion engine, including a housing with a plurality of coolant connections for connection to a coolant circuit of the internal combustion engine, a valve element which is mounted movably in the housing such that a movement of the valve element, at least two coolant connections of the housing are either connectable to one another or separable from one another, an expansion element which is arranged in order, during the operation of the internal combustion engine, to enter into thermal contact with coolant circulating in the coolant circuit, wherein, in the event of a heat-induced expansion, the expansion element moves the valve element in the housing in order to connect the at least two coolant connections, wherein a controllable heating device is provided such that the expansion element can be heated in order to move the valve element.