Patent ID: 7506664

Claim:
A flow control valve for selectively routing a coolant, comprising: a housing defining an internal cavity, the housing including an inlet port, a bypass outlet, a front heater outlet, and a rear heater outlet in fluid communication with the internal cavity, the inlet port being positioned about a first axis and the bypass outlet, the front heater outlet, and the rear heater outlet being co-planer with one another on a plane normal to the first axis, the bypass outlet and the front heater outlet being positioned on opposite sides of the housing and aligned about a second axis lying in the plane, the rear heater outlet being positioned about a third axis lying in the plane normal to the second axis; and a flow control device rotatably positioned within the internal cavity, the flow control device defining an axial channel positioned therein along the first axis and a generally radial channel in communication with the axial channel, the axial channel and the generally radial channel configured to provide selective fluid communication between the inlet port and the bypass outlet in a first position, between the inlet port and both the bypass outlet and the front heater outlet in a second position, between the inlet port and the front heater outlet in a third position, and between the inlet port and both the front heater outlet and the rear heater outlet in a fourth position.