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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2025
Applicant:

Husco Automotive Holdings Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);

Inventors:

Brian Heidemann, Lake Mills, WI (US);

Austin Schmitt, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);

Benjamin Teich, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Benjamin Everson, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);

Assignee:

HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/065 (2006.01); F16K 25/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01); F16K 3/02 (2006.01); F16K 27/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/524 (2006.01); F16K 31/528 (2006.01); F16K 31/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/0655 (2013.01); F16K 25/00 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60K 2001/003 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F01P 2050/24 (2013.01); F16K 3/0227 (2013.01); F16K 3/0254 (2013.01); F16K 27/044 (2013.01); F16K 31/047 (2013.01); F16K 31/52483 (2013.01); F16K 31/5286 (2013.01); F16K 31/53 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermal management control valve includes a housing assembly having a first housing section and a second housing section, a rotary actuator coupled to a drive shaft, and a louver plate assembly. The louver plate assembly includes a louver plate, a first seal plate, and a second seal plate. The louver plate is coupled to the drive shaft so that rotation of the drive shaft is configured to selectively move the louver plate along a louver direction between a first position and a second position. The first seal plate includes one or more first seal plate slots that are elongated in a direction that is generally parallel to the louver direction, and the second seal plate includes one or more first seal plate slots that are elongated in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the louver direction.


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