US 11,703,135 B2
Multi-port coolant flow control valve assembly
Ravinder Singh Gill, Chatham (CA); Alexander Dragojlov, Chatham (CA); Jeremy Daniel Schmidt, Chatham (CA); and Benjamin MacNally, Chatham (CA)
Assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES USA, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,535.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175599 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 11/08 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/0856 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a rotor for a multi-port valve assembly, the rotor including:
a plurality of channels, further comprising:
a central channel, a portion of the central channel located on the first level, and a portion of the central channel located on the second level;
at least one side channel in fluid communication with the central channel;
at least one arcuate channel integrally formed as part of the rotor, a portion of the at least one arcuate channel located on the first level, and a portion of the at least one arcuate channel located on the second level;
a central plane extending through the rotor;
a first level on one side of the central plane, a portion of the plurality of channels integrally formed as a part of the rotor which is located on the first level;
a second level on the opposite side of the central plane in relation to the first level, a portion of the plurality of channels integrally formed as a part of the rotor which is located on the second level; and
at least two flow paths;
wherein at least two of the plurality of channels directs the flow of fluid to create the at least two flow paths, and the rotor is rotated relative to the housing such that one of the at least two flow paths includes the at least one arcuate channel or the at least one side channel.