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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 20, 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 11/074 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/074 (2013.01); F16K 11/0856 (2013.01); F16K 11/0853 (2013.01);
Abstract
The switching device includes a ten-way valve. The ten-way valve includes a lower body (first valve body), an upper body (second valve body), and a drive plate (third valve body). The switching device rotates each of the upper body and the drive plate relative to the lower body to switch an overlapping state in the Z direction (axial direction) between an opening (first opening) of each of the plurality of grooves (first grooves) of the lower body, a groove (second groove) of the upper body, and a through hole of the drive plate.