Coolant Source Bypass Patents (Class 123/41.09)
  • Patent number: 11480094
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a motor block, a radiator provided with a fan, a pump with an electrical motor to pump the coolant in a cooling circuit, a first temperature sensor at the outlet of the motor block, a second temperature sensor at the outlet of the radiator, a control unit-connected to the temperature sensors and to the electrical motor of the pump to actuate the electrical motor of the pump according to the temperature values detected by the sensor temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Francesco Bozzano, Alessandro Sirtori
  • Patent number: 11149625
    Abstract: A thermostat misdiagnosis prevention method applied to an engine system of the present disclosure applies high speed/high load and low speed/low load, which are divided by a vehicle speed and an engine output detected from the engine system at an engine warm-up temperature of engine coolant, as monitoring conditions of a thermostat, and determines thermostat fail by primarily determining the thermostat fail with the engine coolant temperature of the engine coolant temperature and the outside air temperature detected from the engine system, then confirming a delay time with respect to the outside air temperature, and secondarily determining the thermostat fail with the engine coolant temperature in a monitoring ECU, thereby corresponding to the enhanced OBD together with preventing the misdiagnosis of the thermostat by the fail-safe according to the primary and secondary determinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bon-Chang Koo
  • Patent number: 11073069
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system is provided that includes an integrated thermal management (ITM) valve having a coolant outlet flow path that is connected to each of heat exchangers, which include one or more among a coolant inlet connected to an engine coolant outlet of an engine and into which coolant flows, a heater core, an EGR cooler, an oil warmer, and an ATF warmer, and a radiator and through which the coolant is distributed. A water pump is disposed at the front end of an engine coolant inlet of the engine and a coolant branch flow path is branched at the front end of the engine coolant inlet to be connected to any one of the heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Cheol-Soo Park, Jun-Sik Park, Bong-Sang Lee, Dae-Kwang Kim
  • Patent number: 10961906
    Abstract: An arrangement of exchangers for marinization of a marine engine, including an engine block with in-line cylinders or cylinders in a V, cooled by a cooling fluid, at least one turbocompressor with a hot chamber connected to an outlet and a cold chamber connected to the cylinders of the engine block, a reverser including a housing and containing oil, wherein the arrangement includes: a radiator hose for supplying cooling water, a turbocompressor exchanger, an engine exchanger, a reverser exchanger, a radiator hose for discharging cooling water toward an outlet of combustion gases, downstream from the hot chamber of the at least one turbocompressor, with these three exchangers being placed in this order and inserted in the circulation direction of the water between the radiator hose for supplying the cooling water and the radiator hose for discharging this same cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NANNI INDUSTRIES
    Inventor: Jacques Arati
  • Patent number: 10914225
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system (VTMS) includes: an Integrated Thermal Management Valve (ITM) for receiving coolant through a coolant inlet connected to an engine coolant outlet of an engine, and for distributing the coolant flowing out toward a radiator through a coolant outlet flow path connected to a heat exchange system. The heat exchanger system includes at least one among a heater core, an oil warmer, and an Auto Transmission Fluid (ATF) warmer and the radiator. The VTMS also includes: a water pump positioned at the front end of an engine coolant inlet of the engine; a coolant branch flow path branched from the front end of the engine coolant inlet to be connected to an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler together with the coolant outlet flow path; and a Smart Single Valve (SSV) for adjusting a coolant flow in a coolant outlet flow path direction and an EGR cooler flow path direction on the coolant branch flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheol-Soo Park, Dae-Kwang Kim, Dong-Suk Chae
  • Patent number: 10865733
    Abstract: A motor vehicle cylinder head is provided with a single flat planar surface in which are formed spaced apart integral inlet and outlet ports used for connecting respective coolant supply and returns to a coolant jacket defined within the cylinder head. The use of a common planar surface for the location of the inlet and outlet ports provides a more reliable sealing of the cylinder head to the respective coolant supply and returns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Leonard Clark
  • Patent number: 10844772
    Abstract: A vehicle propulsion system includes an engine having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, a coolant pump having an outlet in communication with the engine coolant inlet, a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the engine coolant outlet and that generates a pressure signal indicative of a pressure in the engine coolant outlet, and a controller in communication with the pressure sensor and the coolant pump. The controller is programmed to control a flow of coolant through the engine from the coolant pump based upon the pressure signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eugene V. Gonze, Daniel J. Shepard, Lawrence P. Ziehr
  • Patent number: 10550755
    Abstract: To provide a saddle type vehicle with a water cooled engine allowing simplification of the mounting structure for a thermostat and a check valve. A saddle type vehicle having a water cooled engine, includes: a thermostat provided in a cooling water path of the water cooled engine; and a check valve provided in a secondary air path supplying secondary air to an exhaust path of the water cooled engine, wherein a case of the thermostat and a case of the check valve are formed integrally. The case of the thermostat is formed in a cylindrical configuration, and the case of the check valve is integrally connected to the cylindrical side wall thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kisaichi, Hiroyuki Kaga
  • Patent number: 10330055
    Abstract: An engine cooling system having an EGR cooler is disclosed. The system includes a cylinder head provided on a cylinder block, a coolant pump that pumps a coolant to a coolant inlet side of the cylinder block, an EGR cooler that is branched from a coolant line between the coolant pump and the cylinder block, and is provided in a circulation line through which a coolant is recirculated to an inlet of the coolant pump, and a coolant control valve unit that is provided in a coolant output side of the cylinder head to receive a coolant exhausted from the cylinder head and a coolant exhausted from the cylinder block and controls coolants distributed to coolant parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheol Soo Park, Dong Suk Chae, Philgi Lee, Jun Sik Park, Jeawoong Yi
  • Patent number: 10288006
    Abstract: Provided is a metal gasket, which is capable of limiting localized decreases in contact pressure of the seal bead and of securing superior sealing over long periods. In order to achieve said purpose, the invention is a metal gasket, in which an opening that is open in the shape of the opening of the space to be sealed and a seal bead that extends along the perimeter of the opening are formed in a metal plate. The seal bead is one in which two or more portions from among half bead portions, fold-up bead portions and full bead portions are continuous with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Nakamura, Nobutake Matsuki
  • Patent number: 10287934
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring an oil thermostat arranged in an oil circuit of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises a sensor unit (4, 14b; 15) which is designed to determine at least one first parameter, by means of which a current setpoint operation of the oil thermostat (10) can be derived, and to determine at least one second parameter, by means of which a current actual operation of the oil thermostat (10) can be derived. The apparatus further comprises an evaluation device (40), which is designed to detect an onset of an error function of the oil thermostat (10) as a function of the first parameter and the second parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Harres, Rainer Kalaß, Christian Knauer
  • Patent number: 10233820
    Abstract: In a water-cooled inner combustion engine (1), in particular for equipping scooters and motorcycles, the arrangement of the outer cooling tubes connected to a radiator is simplified by arranging a by-pass valve (27), arranged directly on the engine block (2) at a discharge opening (18) obtained therein, which, when the cooling water is lower than a reference temperature, prevents the water circulation in the radiator (18) and it addresses it through a by-pass line (26) by implementing a cooling circuit wholly included in the engine block (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Doveri
  • Patent number: 10227987
    Abstract: A pump assembly is fluidly coupled to a vehicle engine for moving a fluid. The pump assembly includes a pump housing and an impeller disposed in the pump housing for moving the fluid in the pump housing towards an outlet. Additionally, the pump assembly includes a valve assembly integrated with the pump housing. The valve assembly includes a barrel disposed in the pump housing and having at least one inlet, wherein the at least one inlet is configured to provide controlled flow of the fluid into the pump housing. A sleeve is rotatably coupled to the barrel for selectively controlling the flow of the fluid into the at least one inlet of the barrel. Additionally, the valve assembly includes an actuator assembly operably coupled to the sleeve and configured to rotate the sleeve between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Emissions Systems LLC
    Inventors: Chris Andrew Hill, Daniel Robert LeBlanc, Christian Theodor Herrmann, Markus Josef Auer
  • Patent number: 9273674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for the defined longitudinal shifting of an adjusting device which rotates along in a drive shaft, along the center axis of the drive shaft. The solution according to the invention is characterized in that a working chamber (12) is arranged at the opposite end of the drive shaft (1), into which working chamber a passage hole (7) arranged in the drive shaft (1) opens, wherein a working piston (13) that operatively connects to the working chamber (12) is arranged in such a way that, in the event of a pressure build-up in the working chamber (12), the adjusting device (2) is variably moved against the spring force of a restoring spring (10) by means of a radial piston pump according to the invention that is arranged on the drive shaft (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Franz Pawellek
  • Patent number: 8991339
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multiple zone vehicle radiator, including: a housing; a first zone included in the housing; a second zone included in the housing; a baffle between the first and second zone, located in an outlet manifold of the housing; and a zone modifier configured to regulate coolant distribution between the first zone and second zone according to predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Thomas Gooden, Scott Russo, Michael Joseph Giunta
  • Patent number: 8985066
    Abstract: A cooling circuit, in particular of a motor is provided that includes a drive unit with a cooling circuit, through which coolant heated in the drive unit flows, a first heat exchanger which emits heat from the coolant to the environment and a device for energy recovery with a second heat exchanger, which is switched into the cooling circuit. A line section of the cooling circuit is connectable in parallel to the second heat exchanger that includes a hydraulic element, which guides a defined coolant flow to the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Lutz, Richard Bruemmer
  • Publication number: 20150059665
    Abstract: A temperature control arrangement for transmission oil in a motor vehicle comprises a coolant circuit which fluidly connects an internal combustion engine and a cooler. The coolant circuit includes a thermostat configured to direct at least a fraction of a coolant leaving the internal combustion engine back to the internal combustion engine, either directly or through the cooler. The temperature control arrangement is configured to direct some of the coolant, flowing back through the cooler or directly, first through the heat exchanger and then to the internal combustion engine. The thermostat is fluidly connected to an interior heater, to the cooler, and to a bypass configured to direct a fraction of the coolant directly back to the internal combustion engine, bypassing the cooler. A suitable method for controlling the temperature of transmission oil in a motor vehicle using a temperature control arrangement of this kind is furthermore indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Guenter QUIX, David VAN BEBBER
  • Patent number: 8955607
    Abstract: A building sprinkler system includes a pump having an input for receiving water and an output that is connected to selectively feed a plurality of sprinkler heads. A driver is operatively connected to the pump for driving the pump. A cooling arrangement is provided for cooling the pump during pump testing operations. The cooling arrangement includes: a heat exchanger with a primary loop formed by a flow path for delivering water from the output of the pump through the heat exchanger and back to the input of the pump, and a secondary loop formed by a flow path for delivering coolant from the heat exchanger through a radiator and back to the heat exchanger so that heat is transferred from the water to the coolant via the heat exchanger and from the coolant to air via the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Clarke Fire Prevention Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Whitney, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8944017
    Abstract: A cooling system has an engine heat exchanger in thermal communication with engine oil in an engine. A transmission heat exchanger is in thermal communication with transmission oil in a transmission. A pump has a pump inlet and a pump outlet. A valve assembly is in fluid communication with the pump outlet and has a first and a second position that at least partially establish different coolant flow modes through a plurality of coolant flow passages. The valve assembly has a first inlet that receives coolant that flows from the pump outlet, to an engine inlet, then through the engine to an engine outlet. The valve assembly has a second inlet that receives coolant that flows from the pump outlet and bypasses the engine. The valve assembly has a single outlet that directs coolant flow to at least one of the engine heat exchanger and the transmission heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Daniel B. Glassford
  • Publication number: 20140283765
    Abstract: Disclosed is an engine cooling system which comprises: a head-side circulation pathway through which coolant from a water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder head and an EGR cooler; a block-side circulation pathway through which the coolant from the water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder block; and a switching valve unit operable, during cold operation of the engine, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along the head-side circulation pathway, and, when a temperature of the engine is raised up to a predetermined value, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along not only the head-side circulation pathway but also the block-side circulation pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro NAITO, Daisuke TABATA, Daisuke MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8800503
    Abstract: A cooling circuit for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, includes a main cooling circuit including a feed line leading to a radiator and a return line, and a bypass line, which bypasses the radiator and can be controlled as a function of temperature and secondary cooling circuit for a retarder of a braking device of the motor vehicle, which is connected, likewise by a feed line, a return line and a control valve, to the main cooling circuit. The two cooling circuits (2, 3) can be controlled by a single rotary slide valve (10). Both cooling circuits (2, 3) are interconnected in such a way that the flow rates thereof to the radiator (6) and/or to the retarder (4) can be varied in a predetermined or defined manner, in particular between 0% and 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventor: Martin Böhm
  • Publication number: 20140196674
    Abstract: One approach to provide engine cooling for an internal combustion engine includes pumping coolant from a pump output, in parallel, directly to a block and a head upper coolant jacket; flowing coolant from the block directly to a head lower coolant jacket; discharging coolant from the upper and lower jackets only to a control block; and selectively directing cooling from the control block to each of: a cabin heater; radiator bypass line; and the radiator. In this way, an increased demand for pre-warmed coolant can be met, for example in the case of low outside temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Guenter Quix
  • Patent number: 8746201
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for increasing heating of engine oil during a cold start. In one example, engine oil is returned directly to the oil pump inlet, thus bypassing the sump. In this way, a smaller volume of oil receives more heat and is used for lubricating engine components during a cold start, thus providing reduced friction earlier than otherwise possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Moritz Klaus Springer, Hans Guenter Quix, Jan Mehring
  • Patent number: 8742701
    Abstract: A system includes an engine and a first coolant thermally coupled to the engine and circulated by a first pump; a hybrid battery pack thermally coupled to a second coolant circulated by a second pump; and an electric component thermally coupled to the second coolant. The system includes a first heat exchanger that transfers thermal energy between the first coolant and the second coolant. The system includes a second heat exchanger that transfers thermal energy between the second coolant and the auxiliary fluid stream having a temperature below a target operating temperature for the hybrid battery pack. The system includes a first bypass for the first or second coolant at the first heat exchanger, a second bypass for the second coolant or the auxiliary fluid stream at the second heat exchanger, and a component bypass for the second coolant at the hybrid battery pack or the electric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Nazar Al-Khayat, Bangalore Siddalingappa Nagabhushana
  • Patent number: 8695543
    Abstract: A unit for cooling an internal combustion engine, including: a crankcase exchanger configured to allow for a flow of a crankcase coolant, a main radiator, an additional radiator, and a cooling circuit configured to convey the coolant between the exchanger of the crankcase and the radiators. The unit includes a burnt gas exchanger including a burnt gas pipe and a coolant pipe, the burnt gas exchanger configured to convey the coolant and to perform a heat exchange between the burnt gases and the coolant. In addition, the cooling circuit is configured to convey the coolant between the burnt gas exchanger and the main and additional radiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Guillaume Adam, Christophe Aymard, Vincent Desfeux, Benoit Janier, Pascual Lopez Oliva
  • Patent number: 8695542
    Abstract: A module for a cooling circuit of a motor vehicle engine includes at least one control valve allowing a circulation according to at least one normal mode. The module also includes a thermal safety device capable of allowing a circulation according to another mode called the short-circuit mode in the event of failure of the normal circulation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Alain Farkh
  • Patent number: 8561580
    Abstract: In an engine, a block-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder block, and a head-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder head are formed. A head-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the head-side flow path is adjusted by using a water pump that pressure sends the cooling water to both the block-side flow path and the head-side flow path. A block-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path is adjusted by a first thermostat that changes a flow amount of the cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path. The cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path is used as a heat source of first and second heater cores for heating air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Kakehashi, Michio Nishikawa, Mitsunobu Uchida
  • Patent number: 8539915
    Abstract: A cooling system for motor vehicle with a cooling circuit, which includes one or more internal combustion engines, a pump and a cooling device, is described herein. The cooling system includes a short circuit line, which bypasses the pump by connecting a pressure side of the pump to an intake side of the pump. The cooling system further includes a valve device in the region of the short circuit line, and the valve device is switched between two or more positions. When the valve is in the first position, the entire coolant flow is directed through the short circuit line. Further, when the valve is in the second position, the entire coolant flow is directed through the internal combustion engine and not through the short circuit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Günther Beez, Holger Conrad, Oliver Gebhardt, Rüdiger Knauβ
  • Publication number: 20130213324
    Abstract: When a temperature difference between intake air temperature that detected by an intake air temperature sensor and engine coolant temperature thw1 detected by an engine coolant temperature sensor is greater than a threshold value, a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus opens a changeover valve to cause the coolant to flow into an engine coolant passageway, thereby mixing the coolant in an engine and the coolant in a heater passageway (bypass passageway). If the temperature difference between the engine coolant temperature thw1 and a heater inlet coolant temperature (bypass coolant temperature) thw2 occurring after the changeover valve opens is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the apparatus determines that the engine coolant temperature sensor is normal. If the temperature difference is greater than the predetermined value, the apparatus determines that the engine coolant temperature sensor is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuki Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20130192544
    Abstract: A snowmobile coolant system that includes an engine outlet line, an engine inlet line, and an inlet thermostat. The engine outlet line provides coolant flow between an engine and a heat exchanger of the snowmobile. The engine inlet line provides coolant flow between the heat exchanger and the engine. The inlet thermostat is positioned in the engine inlet line and is operable between open and closed states based on a temperature of coolant flowing from the heat exchanger to the inlet thermostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Shaun A. King, Trevor K. Eva, Alan M. Murdock, Tyler J. Doucette
  • Patent number: 8464669
    Abstract: Cooling circuit for an internal combustion engine 2, having an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder head and one crankcase, a coolant pump, a primary heat exchanger, and a heat exchanger for an operating medium of the internal combustion engine, the cooling circuit 1 downstream of the coolant pump being divided between a branch site A and a connection site B so that at least one cylinder head is incorporated in a cylinder head branch circuit and the crankcase is incorporated in a crankcase branch circuit and the heat exchanger for an operating medium being located in the cylinder head branch circuit downstream of the at least one cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Matthias Honzen, Markus Koehne, Volker Boestfleisch, Hermann Henning
  • Patent number: 8360634
    Abstract: A thermostat disposed to operate in a direction that is normal to the direction of flow of the fluid for which the thermostat regulates the temperature. In one embodiment, the thermostat comprises two mating faces, their movement being controlled either by the expansion or contraction of the carefully selected and apportioned materials in the thermostat pack or by a sensor-triggered controller in response to the temperature of the fluid to which the thermostat is exposed. The first type or Type 1 is normally closed, typically for use in liquid-cooled engines. The second type or Type 2 is normally open, typically for use in industrial applications, such as in solvent evaporation/recycle units where it is desirable to stop direct coolant flow into a paint gun cleaner or a similar equipment, when the temperature of the coolant reaches beyond a pre-determined upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: T. Yomi Obidi
  • Publication number: 20130019819
    Abstract: A coolant circuit for cooling of an engine in a power system. The coolant circuit includes an inlet line and an outlet line. The coolant circuit further includes a heat exchanger with a plurality of heat exchanging elements. The coolant circuit also includes a bypass line disposed in parallel to the heat exchanger, between the inlet line and the outlet line. A control valve is disposed in the coolant circuit regulating the flow of a coolant, such that the coolant flows through the heat exchanger and the bypass line when the control valve is in a fully open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam David Dye, Rodney Alan Sprague, Domenic Raoul Albert, Steven Charles Zoz
  • Patent number: 8347831
    Abstract: A control valve for a fluid flow circuit comprises a body that has a fluid inlet and at least two fluid outlets (20, 22, 24) and that defines an axisymmetric housing for a modulating member capable of rotating about an axis of rotation (XX) and adopting different angular positions to control the distribution of the fluid through the outlets. The body comprises a side wall (16) into which the fluid outlets open. The side wall (16) and/or the modulating member comprises sunken areas (EV) and non-sunken areas (CR), the sunken areas (EV) serving to reduce the surface area of the modulating member (26) in contact with the side wall (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiquest
    Inventors: Frederic Vacca, Christían Durupt
  • Patent number: 8220720
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a cooling system in an internal combustion engine. The valve includes a common short-circuit element (21) having a short circuit valve gate (26) and a short circuit valve disc (25) and is arranged upstream in the extending direction of the thermostatic working element (16). A common valve seat is provided, wherein an overpressure valve (32) opening into the mixing chamber (15) is provided in the common valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Behr Thermot-Tronik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Auweder, Eike Willers
  • Patent number: 8205802
    Abstract: A premounted unit includes a pipe stub and a thermostatic valve. The pipe stub includes a valve seat mechanically biased by a valve spring against the valve seat and resting at its other end against a mating rest element. The unit further includes an expansible element which is configured between a segment of the pipe stub and the valve member and which opens the thermostatic valve as a function of temperature against the force of the valve spring. The unit further includes a U-shaped retention yoke of which the central strip rests against the mating rest element and the legs are connected to an annular cap element thereby recesses being constituted at mutually opposite sides at the inside of the annular cap element and the legs of the retention yoke being fitted at its ends with outwardly pointing hook elements that engage the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rolf Habermann
  • Publication number: 20120152186
    Abstract: A system includes an engine and a first coolant thermally coupled to the engine and circulated by a first pump; a hybrid battery pack thermally coupled to a second coolant circulated by a second pump; and an electric component thermally coupled to the second coolant. The system includes a first heat exchanger that transfers thermal energy between the first coolant and the second coolant. The system includes a second heat exchanger that transfers thermal energy between the second coolant and the auxiliary fluid stream having a temperature below a target operating temperature for the hybrid battery pack. The system includes a first bypass for the first or second coolant at the first heat exchanger, a second bypass for the second coolant or the auxiliary fluid stream at the second heat exchanger, and a component bypass for the second coolant at the hybrid battery pack or the electric component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Nazar Al-Khayat, Bangalore Siddalingappa Nagabhushana
  • Patent number: 8201525
    Abstract: A cooling device for an engine including a radiator circulation flow channel, a heater circulation flow channel, a bypass circulation flow channel, a valve, and a pump. The channels merge in the thermostat and form a common flow channel between the thermostat and the engine. The pump is provided in the common flow channel. At a start of a warm-up period and during the warm-up operation, circulation is substantially stopped by the thermostat, cooling water circulation is actuated in the bypass circulation flow channel, and an opening degree of the electronically controlled valve is gradually increased from a minimum as the cooling water temperature rises. The electronically controlled valve is not completely closed even when closed, and is open to a certain degree from an initial stage of the warm-up period, thereby causing part of the cooling water to flow in the bypass circulation flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Shiobara, Hidehiko Koyashiki
  • Patent number: 8191365
    Abstract: An intercooler system and method of operation for use with an air charging system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intercooler system may comprise an intercooler pump for pumping a coolant through the intercooler system, a first heat exchanger that transfers heat from charged intake air to the coolant, a second heat exchanger that transfers heat from the coolant to outside air, and an intercooler coolant reservoir that contains the coolant therein. Coolant lines direct a flow of the coolant through the intercooler pump, the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger and the intercooler coolant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Richard D. Quinn, Raymond C. Majcher, Luke Sewell, Li-Jen Peter Ho, Charles J. Musienko
  • Patent number: 8181610
    Abstract: A cooling system for internal combustion engines provides directed flows of heated or cooled coolant to various engine components and/or accessories as needed. By providing directed flows, the overall coolant flow volume is reduced from that of conventional cooling systems, allowing for a smaller capacity water pump to be employed which results in a net energy savings for the engine. Further, by reducing the overall coolant flow volume, the hoses and/or galleries required for the directed flows are reduced from those of conventional cooling systems, providing a cost savings and a weight savings. Finally, by preferably employing an impellor type water pump, the expense of an electric water pump and its associated control circuitry can be avoided. The direct flows are established by a multifunction valve which, in a preferred implementation, comprises a two-plate valve wherein each plate is operated by a wax motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Pasquale Dipaola, Malcolm J. Clough, Robert Scotchmer
  • Publication number: 20120111291
    Abstract: A device (1) for regulating a coolant flow in a cooling system of an internal combustion engine (2) with a valve arrangement (3) that includes a rotary disk valve (4) for switching at least one cooling circuit (5, 6) and/or a bypass circuit (7), as well as a coolant pump (8) that is constructed as an impeller pump and is connected on the suction side to the valve arrangement (3). The coolant pump (8) has an axial adjustable guide plate (11) on an inside between two end stops (9, 10) for closing and releasing a pump outlet (12). The guide plate (11) for the axial adjustment is indirectly coupleable by a lead screw thread (13) to a drive shaft (14) of the rotary disk valve (4). A cooling system for an internal combustion engine (2) with such a device (1) is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: MARKUS POPP, EDUARD GOLOVATAI-SCHMIDT, WOLFGANG REIK, THOMAS TRAUDT, SEBASTIAN HURST
  • Patent number: 8171895
    Abstract: A coolant flow control system includes a fluid cooling device, a coolant bypass circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate a control signal indicative of a desired flow of coolant through the coolant bypass circuit as a function of the projected rate of change in the cooling device temperature gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Chris J. Scolton, Douglas W. Koehler
  • Patent number: 8099222
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling the charge air temperature of an internal combustion engine, in which a coolant flow upstream of a recooler is distributed as a function of the position of a characteristic diagram-type thermostat valve between a recooler coolant flow and a bypass coolant flow. The temperature of the charge air cooler coolant flow is determined downstream of the recooler by the reunited coolant flows, i.e., the recooler coolant flow and the bypass coolant flow. The charge air temperature is determined by the temperature of the charge air cooler coolant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 8066197
    Abstract: A thermal bypass valve for a heat exchanger circuit includes a valve housing forming a valve chamber including a bypass passage and ports for the flow of heat exchange fluid into and out of the valve chamber as well as a bypass port defined by a valve seat. Two axially aligned thermally sensitive actuators are mounted in the chamber, each with an actuator body and its own movable piston extendible from one end of the body. One of these pistons operably engages the actuatory body associated with the other piston. Each actuator body is normally movable in the chamber in response to extension of its piston. One of the actuators extends its piston at a higher temperature than the temperature required for the other actuator to extend its piston. A bypass valve member is mounted on one of the actuators and can be moved by either actuator from an open position to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Owen Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20110265742
    Abstract: A water pump control apparatus and method of a hybrid vehicle are used to control a motorized water pump according to the heat emission amount of an engine. The apparatus and method include calculating a temperature difference by detecting a temperature of a coolant exhausted from an engine and a temperature of the coolant flowing to an engine, calculating a heat emission amount of the engine by applying a circulating coolant flux to the temperature difference, and driving a motorized water pump with a driving power in proportion to the heat emission amount of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Hyungseuk Ohn, Byungsoon Min, Seok Joon Kim, Jae Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20110259287
    Abstract: In an engine, a block-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder block, and a head-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder head are formed. A head-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the head-side flow path is adjusted by using a water pump that pressure sends the cooling water to both the block-side flow path and the head-side flow path. A block-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path is adjusted by a first thermostat that changes a flow amount of the cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path. The cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path is used as a heat source of first and second heater cores for heating air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicants: Nippon Soken, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuharu Kakehashi, Michio Nishikawa, Mitsunobu Uchida
  • Patent number: 8042499
    Abstract: A coolant circulation circuit for an engine includes a first coolant line through which coolant heated in an engine and circulated in a radiator passes, a second coolant line through which coolant heated in the engine and circulated in additional elements passes, a bypass coolant line through which coolant heated in the engine passes, a coolant outlet where the coolant flows into the engine, a first chamber where the coolant having passed through the bypass coolant line flows in, a second chamber where the coolant having passed through the second coolant line flows in, a partition formed between the first chamber and the second chamber and a thermostat selectively blocking the first chamber from the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Bong Sang Lee
  • Patent number: 8038419
    Abstract: A controllable coolant pump for internal combustion engines driven by torque transmission elements has a pump housing, a driven shaft mounted in the pump housing, an impeller wheel arranged fixedly in terms of rotation on a free, flow-side end of the shaft, and a pressure-activated valve slide having an outer cylinder covering the outflow region of the impeller wheel in a variable manner. The valve slide is of annular configuration and is arranged on piston rods mounted displaceably in the pump housing. An annular piston mounted in an annular groove in the pump housing and movable in a defined manner in the annular groove via excess pressure or vacuum is arranged on the piston rods in a manner lying opposite the valve slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Geräte- und Pumpenbau GmbH Dr. Eugen Schmidt
    Inventors: Eugen Schmidt, Franz Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20110232590
    Abstract: A thermal regulation device for a cooling system of an engine that includes a pump positioned upstream from a cooling housing of the engine and at least one consumer requiring permanent cooling. The device includes a main pipe for circulating coolant through the cooling housing and a secondary pipe bypassing the cooling housing. A two-way valve is positioned on the main pipe at the outlet of the cooling housing of the engine, and the secondary pipe includes a tapping on the main pipe downstream from the pump and upstream from a portion of the main pipe used for cooling the engine so that the flow is maintained at a constant and permanent level for ensuring the cooling of the at least one consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventor: Frederic Benet
  • Publication number: 20110232591
    Abstract: A coolant circuit includes a first pipe segment, a second pipe segment, and a seal between the pipe segments which are displaceable relative to each other. A resilient locking tang runs parallel to the first pipe segment and has a detent element. An elongated guide portion runs parallel to and is spaced from the locking tang between the pipe segment and the locking tang. Spaced-apart arms run parallel to the second pipe segment beyond the end of this second pipe segment. An axially parallel web is configured between the arms and is fitted at its end facing the second sub-assembly with a detent shoulder which is engaged from behind by the resilient detent element when the pipe segments are plugged into each other. The resilient tang is received at a closed fit between the arms, and the elongated guide portion is guided by the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Rolf Habermann