Thermostatic valve

US10048704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Geffert · Freiberg am Neckar, DE
• Frank Blum · Siegelsbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D23/026
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A thermostatic valve with a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, with an actuator which is accommodated in the valve housing and has a housing, and with a switching element which is operatively connected to the actuator in order to control a fluid connection between fluid inlet and fluid outlet, wherein a plunger protrudes out of the housing, the plunger being connected in an axially fixed manner to the valve housing, and the housing being accommodated in an axially shiftable manner in the valve housing, wherein the housing is mounted in the region of its opposite end regions in the valve housing by plain bearings, wherein the switching element is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the housing of the actuator.