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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Vitesco Technologies Usa, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Alexander Dragojlov, Chatham, CA;
Mitchell Koupal, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
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.