Patent ID: 9664462
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F01M,F28F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A heat exchanger unit for a liquid, comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet passage receiving fluid into the housing at a first end; a second end of the fluid inlet passage connected to an inlet chamber; a heat exchanger element having a fluid inlet opening connecting to the fluid inlet passage and a fluid outlet opening connecting to the fluid inlet passage for the liquid to be cooled; a valve arranged within the fluid inlet passage between said first and said second end of said fluid inlet passage, the valve positioned within the fluid inlet passage between the heat exchanger fluid inlet opening and fluid outlet opening such that the fluid inlet passage downstream of the valve forms a bypass as a straight line continuation of the inlet passage; the bypass fluidically connecting said fluid inlet opening with said fluid outlet opening and operable to bypass liquid around said heat exchanger element when the valve is open; the valve controlling a liquid stream through said heat exchanger element and through said bypass, wherein the valve opens and closes flow through said bypass, wherein said valve comprises