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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoaki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/16 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/165 (2013.01); B60H 1/00814 (2013.01); F16K 11/085 (2013.01); Y10T 137/86863 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86871 (2015.04);
Abstract
The switching device includes a six-way valve. The six-way valve includes a lower body (first valve element), an upper body (second valve element), and a drive plate (third valve element). The switching device switches the overlapping state in the Z direction (axial direction) between the opening (first opening) of each of the plurality of groove portions (first groove portions) of the lower body, the groove portion of the upper body (second groove portion), and the through hole of the drive plate by rotating each of the upper body and the drive plate relative to the lower body.