US 11,732,621 B2
Multi-valve
Marius Imiolczyk, Tamm (DE); Harald Raiser, Balingen (DE); Stephan Machate, Hainfeld (DE); and Alexander Seibel, Fellbach (DE)
Assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,332.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 110 106.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341350 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. F01L 3/12 (2006.01); F01L 3/20 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01); F01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01L 3/12 (2013.01) [F01L 3/20 (2013.01); F16K 11/0856 (2013.01); F01L 2003/251 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.