US 12,228,214 B2
Nine port cooling valve
Shubhada Surve, Itasca, IL (US); and James Pearson, Itasca, IL (US)
Assigned to Robertshaw Controls Company, Itasca, IL (US)
Filed by Shubhada Surve, Itasca, IL (US); and James Pearson, Itasca, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,641.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,558, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316607 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 11/08 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/0856 (2013.01) [F16K 27/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-port valve comprising:
a valve body:
a stemshell having an exterior surface and rotatable about a rotation axis extending through the valve body;
at least a 2×2 planar array of adjacently disposed ports selectively communicating through the valve body depending upon the rotational position of the stemshell relative to the valve body:
wherein rotation of the stemshell to at least a first rotational position selectively directs at least two inlet ports with two outlet ports of the at least the 2×2 planar array of ports.