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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Tobergte, Cologne, DE;
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Kay Hohenboeken, Cologne, DE;
Bert Pingen, Swisttal, DE;
Stefan Quiring, Leverkusen, DE;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A selector guide valve in cooling system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The selector guide valve includes a first control drum independently rotatable and including an inlet receiving engine coolant from a pump and a plurality of coolant openings extending through the first control drum and a second control drum independently rotatable, circumferentially surrounding the first control drum, and including a plurality of coolant openings extending through the second control drum.