Cooling water control valve apparatus

• US 9,518,503 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mikuni Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mikuni Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Ogawa, Hiromasa, Teshi, Masaki, Tsuchiya, Toru, Oikawa, Takumi, Daikuhara, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Len
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ma, Kun Kai
• Application Number:
  US13/774,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20130221116A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 11/16 concerning coolant temperature F01P11/20 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 11/18 concerning coolant pressure, coolant flow, or liquid-coolant level
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2003/027 Cooling cylinders and cylinder heads in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2060/045 for transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2060/18 Heater
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 7/14 the coolant being liquid
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 7/16 by thermostatic control
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/134 measuring the temperature of mixed fluid

Abstract

A cooling water control valve apparatus capable of independently controlling flow rates of cooling water in two lines with a single apparatus for cooling water control and capable of achieving cost reduction.

A cooling water control valve apparatus which adjusts a flow rate of cooling water for cooling an object to be cooled includes two inlet ports through which cooling water is introduced, an electrical control valve which is arranged at a first passage communicated with one of the inlet ports and which adjusts a flow rate of cooling water flowing through the first passage with electronic control, and a thermosensitive valve which is arranged at a second passage communicated with the other of inlet ports and which adjusts a flow rate of cooing water flowing through the second passage owing to displacement of a temperature detecting medium with temperature.

Claims

1. A cooling water control valve apparatus which adjusts a flow rate of cooling water for an engine cooling system which includes a water jacket at a cylinder head side of the engine, a water jacket at a cylinder block side of the engine, a circulation flow passage through which cooling water is circulated from the water jackets toward a radiator, a bypass flow passage to return cooling water outflowing from the water jacket at the cylinder head side of the engine to the water jacket at the cylinder head side and/or the water jacket at the cylinder block side as bypassing the radiator, comprising:

a casing including a first inlet port, a second inlet port, a first passage communicated with the first inlet port, a second passage communicated with the second inlet port, a main outlet portion communicated with the first passage and the second passage, and a bypass outlet portion branches from the first passage, and a partition wall partitioning the first passage and the second passage;

an electrical control valve which is arranged in the first passage and which adjusts a flow rate of cooling water flowing through the first passage with electronic control, wherein the bypass outlet portion is arranged at the casing so as to branch from the first passage at a position located on a first inlet port side of the electrical control valve such that cooling water flows in the first passage when the electrical control valve is closed; and

a thermosensitive valve which is arranged in the second passage which adjusts a flow rate of cooing water flowing through the second passage owing to displacement of a temperature detecting medium with temperature,

wherein the casing further includes a return flow passage disposed in the partition wall to provide continuous communication between the first passage and the second passage such that cooling water flows from the second passage to the first passage when the thermosensitive valve is closed, the return flow passage is connected to the second passage at a position located on a second inlet port side of the thermosensitive valve such that cooling water flows from the second passage to the first passage, flows in the first passage and to the bypass outlet portion when the thermosensitive valve and the electric control valve are both closed.

2. The cooling water control valve apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a check valve which is disposed in the partition wall and provides communication between the first passage at the first inlet port side of the electrical control valve and the second passage at the second inlet port side of the thermosensitive valve and which allows cooling water to flow from the first passage to the second passage when the electric control valve is kept in a closed state with a defect thereof.