Patent ID: 8881992

Claim:
A valve assembly including: a housing having an inlet for receiving fluid and first and second outlets for delivering the fluid from the valve assembly; thermal and priority valve members shiftable in the housing; and a sleeve disposed in the housing that guides the thermal and priority valve members; wherein the thermal valve member is shiftable by first and second springs between a first position permitting fluid flow from the inlet to the priority valve member and a second position blocking fluid flow, at least one of the springs being responsive to temperature changes of fluid flowing through the housing, wherein the priority valve member is shiftable against a biasing force by pressure at the inlet above a predetermined pressure, the priority valve member being shiftable between a first position blocking flow from the inlet to the second outlet and a second position permitting flow, and wherein the sleeve includes a first opening for receiving fluid from the thermal valve member when the thermal valve member is in the first position, a second opening communicating with the first opening, a third opening communicating with the second opening, and an annulus communicating with the first and second openings.