Patent ID: 11958336
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 6:
7. A valve comprising:
a valve housing including
a sidewall having an open first end and an open second end that is opposite the first end,
a detachable lid that closes the first end of the sidewall,
a base that is disposed at the second end of the sidewall and is perpendicular to the sidewall, the base, the lid and the sidewall cooperating to define a chamber,
chamber walls that segregate the chamber into subchambers that each provide a portion of one or more fluid paths through the valve housing, and
valve ports, where each valve port
communicates with a subchamber, and
is provided in the base such that each valve port is an axially-extending through hole that resides in a plane that is common to all valve ports;

a diverter assembly disposed in the chamber, the diverter assembly configured to control fluid flow through the valve housing, the diverter assembly including a shaft that protrudes from the valve housing, the shaft being rotatable about a rotational axis that is parallel to the sidewall; and
a seal assembly disposed in the chamber so as to be aligned along the rotational axis with the diverter assembly,
wherein
the subchambers comprise first subchamber that receives the diverter assembly and the seal assembly therein, and
when in a predetermined rotational orientation with respect to the valve housing, the diverter assembly and the seal assembly subdivide the first subchamber into segregated fluid passageways, and each of the segregated fluid passageways communicates with a unique valve port.