US 12,123,505 B2
Multi-way valve
Sebastian Tiemeyer, Dortmund (DE); and Verena Sundermeier, Delbrueck (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,958.
Application 17/842,958 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/083864, filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 135 041.7 (DE), filed on Dec. 19, 2019; and application No. 10 2020 116 597.8 (DE), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316608 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 11/08 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/0856 (2013.01) [F16K 27/065 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-way valve comprising:
a housing having housing openings each for flow-conductive connection to an external flow channel for a fluid;
a valve body arranged in the housing so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis for flow-conductive connection of the housing openings of the housing; and
a seal having seal openings corresponding to the housing openings in the housing, for sealing the flow-conductive connections from the open environment, is arranged between the housing and the valve body,
wherein the valve body has connections channels including first connection channels and second connection channels, wherein a first plane of the valve body has the first connection channels and a second plane of the valve body has the second connection channels, the second plane being arranged substantially parallel to the first plane,
wherein the connection channels are separate from each other in respect of flow and are adapted to be flow-conductively connected to at least two of the housing openings of the housing via a rotation of the valve body to a previously specified rotary position of the valve body, and
wherein at least one of the housing openings in the housing is flow-conductively connected to at least one of the first connection channels of the first plane and to at least one of the second connection channels of the second plane.