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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1984
Backman Wong, Wayland, MA (US);
Standard-Thomson Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A thermally responsive fluid control valve device which is particularly adapted to be mounted in the coolant system of an automotive type engine. The thermally responsive fluid control valve device includes a frame member which consists of two sheet metal members attached together. One of the sheet metal members comprises a single-piece sheet metal member which includes a plurality of leg portions and a plurality of foot portions connected by a single ring portion, all of the portions being integral. The foot portions are adapted to engage a surface within the coolant system. The frame member also has another engagement surface, which with the foot portions, position the fluid control valve device within the coolant system.