The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Paul Manners, Palgrave, CA;
Ronald G. Stark, Brampton, CA;
Alex Colas, Bolton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tesma International Inc., Concord, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P007/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A valve for automatically and proportionally adjusting fluid flow between an engine and a radiator for cooling the fluid heated by the engine in response to changes in fluid temperature within a range of operating temperatures. The valve includes a housing having a chamber. The housing includes a radiator flow port for passing fluid between the radiator and the chamber. A vane pivotally disposed in the chamber has a vane wall engagable with the radiator port for restricting fluid flow. A drive assembly is operatively coupled to the vane for varying the position of the vane within the chamber.