Patent ID: 11898657
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 12:
13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the valve comprises the only valve to fluidly connect one or more of the radiator loop, power electronics loop, heater loop, and battery loop, and wherein the valve has only four inlets and only four outlets, and wherein the four inlets comprise:
a first inlet fluidly connected to the at least one battery in the battery loop,
a second inlet fluidly connected to the at least one heater core in the heater loop,
a third inlet fluidly connected to the at least one power electronic component in the power electronics loop, and
a fourth inlet fluidly connected to the at least one radiator in the radiator loop; and, wherein the four outlets comprise:
a first outlet fluidly connected to the at least one battery chiller in the battery loop,
a second outlet fluidly connected to the at least one PTC heater in the heater loop,
a third outlet fluidly connected to the at least one power electronic component in the power electronics loop, and
a fourth outlet fluidly connected to the at least one radiator in the radiator loop.