Patent ID: 9732644
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: F01M,F16H,F16K,G05D

Claim:
1. A valve for a vehicle provided between a transmission and an oil cooler for cooling transmission oil, the valve comprising: a valve housing in which, on both sides and facing each other, a first inflow port connected to the transmission and an exhaust port connected to the oil cooler are formed, and on the both sides and facing each other at a position spaced apart from the first inflow port and the exhaust port along a length direction of the valve housing, a bypass port connected to the transmission and a second inflow port connected to the oil cooler are formed; and a control unit that includes a deformable member, is mounted inside the valve housing, and selectively connects the first inflow port to the exhaust port or the bypass port while expansion or contraction of the deformable member is performed depending on a temperature of the transmission oil, and selectively closes the exhaust port to control a flow stream of the transmission oil, wherein the valve housing is configured so that a first end of the valve housing is closed and a second end thereof is open, and a mounting space connected to the first and second inflow ports, the exhaust port, and the bypass port is formed therein, wherein the control unit includes: wherein the at least one first opening hole includes a plurality of first opening holes that are separately formed at upper and lower portions of the sliding member in the length direction of the sliding member, wherein the at least one second opening hole includes a plurality of second opening holes that are separately formed at the upper and lower portions of the sliding member in the length direction of the sliding member, and wherein a first opening hole from the plurality of first opening holes is formed at the upper portion of the sliding member and has a size that is greater than that of a second opening hole from the plurality of second opening holes formed at the upper portion of the sliding member.