Abstract: A thermostat is actuated by a wax capsule adapted to operate on a main valve disposed in a fluid circuit immediately the temperature of the wax capsule exceeds a predetermined threshold. It comprises arrangements made at least in part from a single-acting memory alloy adapted to contribute to the operation of the thermostat only when their temperature is less than the transformation temperature of the alloy and to condition the flow of the fluid in the thermostat in the same direction as if the wax capsule had operated normally if the transformation temperature of the memory metal is exceeded.

Abstract: A heat motor includes a chamber containing a thermally expansible material and an electrical heating element within the expansible material, wherein the expansible material is interposed between all significant surfaces of the electrical heating element and walls of the heat motor defining the chamber. Electrical leads for the electrical heating element extend out of the chamber through a glass plug mounted in a bottom wall of the heat motor. The bottom wall is connected to a side wall of the heat motor by crimping the side wall under the bottom wall to form a flange and to compress an elastomeric seal between the bottom wall and a shoulder of the heat body above the bottom wall. In one embodiment, the electrical heating element includes electrically conducting plates which receive the electrical leads in a plug-in connection.

Abstract: A mixing valve for an engine cooling system includes a cylindrical chamber, a main thermostatic element mounted in the chamber, first and second inlets axially spaced along the chamber, and a sleeve connected to the thermostatic element and movable in response to the changing temperature of liquid flowing through the chamber from a position completely blocking flow through one inlet and leaving the other inlet totally open to positions gradually permitting flow through the first inlet and restricting flow through the second inlet. A second thermostatic element is positioned outside the body of the mixing valve and has a piston axially aligned with a piston of the main thermostatic element and engaged therewith to adjust the starting position and range of movement of the sleeve. The second thermostatic element is responsive to parameters such as external air temperature, engine load, engine speed, etc. The double thermostatic element arrangement is also disclosed in connection with poppet valves.