- Patent Title: Liquid-cooled internal combustion engine with selector guide valve, and method for controlling the selector guide valve of an internal combustion engine of said type
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Application No.: US14595989Application Date: 2015-01-13
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Publication No.: US09784172B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Michael Tobergte , Bernd Steiner , Kay Hohenboeken , Bert Pingen , Stefan Quiring , Jan Mehring
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Greg Brown
- Priority: DE102014200667 20140116
- Main IPC: F01P3/00
- IPC: F01P3/00 ; F01P3/02 ; F01P7/14 ; F01P7/16

Abstract:
A selector guide valve in cooling system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The selector guide valve includes a first control drum independently rotatable and including an inlet receiving engine coolant from a pump and a plurality of coolant openings extending through the first control drum and a second control drum independently rotatable, circumferentially surrounding the first control drum, and including a plurality of coolant openings extending through the second control drum.
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