Patent ID: 7343882
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: F01P

Abstract:
1. A cooling system for use with an engine, the system comprising: a radiator; a radiator bypass; a fluid valve in communication with the engine, radiator, and radiator bypass, the fluid valve being controllable to proportion coolant from the engine to one or both of the radiator and radiator bypass in order to control engine cooling, the fluid valve including: a housing having a hollow body portion configured to fluidly connect an inlet to first and second outlets, the first outlet providing coolant to the radiator bypass the second outlet providing coolant to the radiator, the body portion having a side portion extending between end portions, the inlet and outlets having connections extending away from an exterior of the side portion, the side portion being divided into non-overlapping first and second halves along a plane running parallel to the end portions with the first half having the inlet connection and the second half having both outlet connections; and a diverter separating the first half of the body from the second half and being controllable to proportion the fluid flow between the inlet and outlets.