Patent 9670825 was granted and assigned to Hitachi on June, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a cylindrical valve body 3, a first opening portion M1 for a heater heat exchanger and a second opening portion M2 for an oil cooler are arranged parallel in an axial direction of the valve body 3. A third opening portion M3 for a radiator is arranged in a different circumferential direction position from the first or second opening portion M1 or M2 on an outer peripheral surface of the valve body 3 so that at least a part of the third opening portion M3 overlaps with the first or second opening portion M1 or M2 in the axial direction.