US 11,971,109 B2
Valve and liquid tank for a liquid system, liquid system for a vehicle, and vehicle
Frank Bewermeyer, Paderborn (DE); Finn Malte Fischer, Aachen (DE); Benjamin Grothe, Wickede (DE); Dominik Niess, Selm (DE); and Christian Praest, Langenberg (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,434.
Application 18/227,434 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2022/051129, filed on Jan. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 102 023.9 (DE), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366474 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 11/085 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01); F01P 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/085 (2013.01) [F01P 7/14 (2013.01); F01P 11/029 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve for a liquid system of a vehicle, the valve comprising:
a valve housing with at least two valve housing openings;
a valve body arranged in the valve housing so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis;
at least one flow-conducting connecting passage for a flow-conducting connection of at least two valve housing openings of the at least two valve housing openings;
a valve seal arranged between the valve housing and the valve body and has valve seal openings corresponding to the valve housing openings;
a valve actuator for automatically rotating the valve body about the rotational axis; and
at least two flow passages corresponding to the valve housing openings for a flow-conducting connection of the valve to a remainder of the liquid system,
wherein the at least two flow passages are jointly formed from a single first passage shell and a single second passage shell, and
wherein the single first passage shell is formed as the valve housing, which is joined to the single second passage shell to form the at least two flow passages.