US 12,228,213 B2
Thermal management valve
Silvio Tonellato, Hamilton (CA); Benjamin Miethig, Hamilton (CA); and Michael Martin, Hamilton (CA)
Assigned to DANA CANADA CORPORATION, Oakville (CA)
Filed by Dana Canada Corporation, Oakville (CA)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,836.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/364,406, filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358324 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 11/085 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/085 (2013.01) [F16K 31/04 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a proportioning valve, having:
a cylindrical valve body having a cylindrical surface;
a first fitting coupled to the cylindrical valve body;
a second fitting coupled to the cylindrical valve body; and
a third fitting coupled to the cylindrical valve body, wherein the second fitting and the third fitting each intersect the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical valve body at a position tangential to the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical valve body to form a second opening and a third opening, respectively, and the first fitting intersects the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical valve body at a positon normal to the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical valve body to form a first opening, wherein the first opening has a circular shape and the second opening and the third opening each have an elliptical shape; and
a thermal management system of an electric vehicle, the proportioning valve positioned in the thermal management system.