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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Cary Cole, Livonia, MI (US);
Sunil Katragadda, Canton, MI (US);
Lawrence Marshall, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Furqan Shaikh Zafar, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for regulating fluid flow through a three-way valve assembly, including a three-way split conduit coupled to a movable rotary ring with plurality of openings. In one example, a three-way split conduit may include one fluid inlet conduit splitting into two outlet conduits with an included angle of less than 90 degrees between the two splitting outlet conduits. A movable rotary ring coupled to the three-way split conduit may be rotated by an actuator to open or block the three way split conduits, regulating the fluid flow passages along the three-way valve assembly.