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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11953100 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2021

Valve apparatus

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Peter Quade, Walsrode, DE;

Torsten Hauk, Neustadt, DE;

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

THOMPSON HINE LLP

Primary Examiner:

Matthew W Jellett

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/04 (2006.01); F16K 1/54 (2006.01); F16K 15/18 (2006.01); F16K 31/524 (2006.01); F16K 31/53 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/54 (2013.01); F16K 15/18 (2013.01); F16K 31/041 (2013.01); F16K 31/046 (2013.01); F16K 31/5245 (2013.01); F16K 31/53 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A valve apparatus, in particular for a cooling system of a vehicle, includes a housing having at least two fluid connectors, a valve device which can be adjusted at least between a first valve position and a second valve position, and a drive for adjusting the valve device between the first valve position and the second valve position. The valve apparatus includes a fail-safe adjustment device in order to transfer the valve device from the first valve position into the second valve position in the event of an incident in which the power supply, in particular that of the vehicle, is interrupted.

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