US 11,796,079 B2
Valve assembly
Piotr Kroczek, Lubsza (PL); Dariusz Sapija, Kiełczówek (PL); and Łukasz Turek, Wroclaw (PL)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,638.
Claims priority of application No. 21461565 (EP), filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011853 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 31/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/087 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 31/041 (2013.01) [F16K 5/0605 (2013.01); F16K 11/0873 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-way valve assembly comprising:
a valve housing having a plurality of fluid ports;
a first valve member having one or more first flow channels defined therethrough and a first shaft, rotation of which causes rotation of the first valve member relative to the housing, the first valve member defining a cavity;
a second valve member arranged within the cavity of the first valve member and having one or more second flow channels defined therethrough and a second shaft, rotation of which causes rotation of the second valve member relative to the housing; and
a locking mechanism configured to, in a locked position, cause the second valve member to rotate with the first valve member relative to the housing and, in an unlocked position, to permit the second valve member to rotate relative to the first valve member and the housing.