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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Andreas Auweder, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Eike Willers, Stuttgart, DE;
Andreas Auweder, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Eike Willers, Stuttgart, DE;
Behr Thermot-Tronik GmbH, Kornwestheim, DE;
Abstract
A thermostatic valve for a cooling system of an internal combustion engine, having a thermostatic operating element for arrangement in a distributing chamber as the drive element for a main valve element between an engine outlet and a connector to a coolant cooler, and for a bypass valve element designed as a valve slide arranged between the engine outlet and an engine inlet to serve as a pressure control valve. In addition to the valve slide (') the bypass valve element (′) is provided with a valve disk (′ arranged upstream of the valve slide (′) in the extension direction of the thermostatic operating element (′), and a component () is assigned to the valve disk (′), as a valve seat for the valve slide (′) and a valve seat for the valve disk (′).