US 12,276,353 B2
System for regulating the flow of a fluid
Lena Schlittenbauer, Altmannstein (DE); Klaus Ternovan, Oberostendorf (DE); and Herbert Tschentscher, Riedenburg (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,556.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 106 609.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304599 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 17/36 (2006.01); F16K 31/163 (2006.01); F16K 31/165 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 31/1635 (2013.01) [F16K 17/36 (2013.01); F16K 31/1655 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for regulating a flow of a fluid, comprising:
a regulating device having a central axial transport duct that extends along a central axis of the regulating device, wherein the regulating device is adapted to establish at least one through-passage opening for the fluid, wherein each of the at least one through-passage opening is situated between two respective transport ducts for the fluid, including a respective radial transport duct that extends radially in a direction perpendicular to the central axis and that directly intersects with the central axial transport duct, wherein the regulating device further includes a respective piston provided in each respective radial transport duct, each respective piston including a respective axial passage extending therethrough to enable fluid to flow axially through each respective piston, wherein a normal vector of a cross sectional area of the at least one through-passage opening is oriented parallel to the central axis, and wherein a size of the cross sectional area is adjusted in dependence on a rotary speed of the regulating device turning about the central axis.