CPC F01L 3/12 (2013.01) [F01L 3/20 (2013.01); F16K 11/0856 (2013.01); F01L 2003/251 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A multi-valve for a cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a valve housing, which has a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets and delimits a cylindrical valve chamber, the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets opening into the cylindrical valve chamber; and
a valve unit, which is arranged inside the cylindrical valve chamber of the valve housing and is configured to be controllably rotated about an axis of rotation between a plurality of switching positions by an actuator such that different inlets of the plurality of inlets are fluidically connectable to different outlets of the plurality of outlets based on a selected switching position of the plurality of switching positions,
wherein the valve unit has a plurality of fluid channel structures which are offset from one another in a circumferential direction, and
wherein each switching position of the plurality of switching positions is respectively assigned a fluid channel structure of the plurality of fluid channel structures.
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