With Cooling Of Additional Parts Or Materials Patents (Class 123/41.31)
  • Patent number: 8689742
    Abstract: A coolant flow control system (100, 200) includes an integrated coolant flow control and heat exchange device (10, 50). The device includes a valve body part (20, 60) and a heat exchange part (30, 70). According to the system, all the coolant flow from the engine is delivered back to the engine after passing through the valve body part (20, 60) and then the heat exchange part (30, 70) in which it passes over the heat exchanger part (40, 80). The valve body part (20, 60) by positioning of the coolant flow wall (26, 66) allows multiple flow modes and coolant paths to branch out (or converge) from (or to) thereby controlling the flow in all coolant circuit branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Myers, Mark Allen Bourcier
  • Patent number: 8678078
    Abstract: Transmission fluid is heated through a heat exchanger effective to transfer heat between transmission fluid of a transmission assembly and an exhaust gas feed stream of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Farzad Samie, Richard W. Carlson, Thomas A. Robertson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8681498
    Abstract: Disclosed is a member that contains electronic components. Using the member, when, for example, a vehicle or the like carrying electronic components such as an inverter collides with an external object, there is prevented damage to a housing containing the electronic components, which would otherwise occur due to interfering objects. Furthermore, the disclosed member can dissipate heat produced by the contained electronic components. The member includes a housing for containing electronic components, a cooling passage that is provided inside the housing and uses a refrigerant to cool the electronic components, and a heat dissipation part that dissipates heat from the cooling passage and prevents the housing from being damaged by impacts from external interfering objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Akiyama, Ray Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20140032080
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes at least one cylinder, an intake system, and an exhaust system. At least one engine cooler is disposed to cool intake air that enters or exits the at least one cylinder. A first fuel injector is disposed to inject a first fuel into the cylinder, and a second fuel injector is disposed to inject a second fuel into said cylinder. At least one intake valve of said cylinder is configured to open and close with a variable timing in accordance with a Miller thermodynamic cycle. An electronic controller is disposed to monitor and receive at least one input signal indicative of the operating conditions of the internal combustion engine, and adjust at least one of engine valve timing, operation of the first fuel injector, and operation of the second fuel injector in response to that signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Gehrke, Martin Willi
  • Patent number: 8635991
    Abstract: A fuel pump temperature is regulated by selectively directing liquid fuel to an expansion section to evaporate the liquid fuel and create a drop in temperature to thermally cool the fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
  • Patent number: 8631772
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of transmission fluid in a motor vehicle includes operating in an automatic transmission fluid cooling mode, a heater priority mode entered by disabling automatic transmission fluid heating, and an automatic transmission fluid heating mode which includes sending hot engine coolant to a heat exchanger for heating the automatic transmission fluid by transferring heat from the hot engine coolant to the automatic transmission fluid. The method switches to from a heater priority mode to a transmission heating mode base on a number of sensed conditions including sensed automatic fluid transmission temperature. The method also includes an automatic transmission fluid temperature regulating mode including measuring an automatic transmission fluid temperature and switching between the cooling mode and the heating mode based measured temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Thomas Gooden, Jianping Zhang, Steven Keith Plumb, David Spuller
  • Patent number: 8631771
    Abstract: In a system for cooling transmission oil in a vehicle with a hydraulic oil cooling circuit 20, an engine cooling subsystem 18 which uses cooling fluid, and a transmission oil cooling circuit 22, the transmission oil circuit 22 comprises first and second heat exchangers 28, 38. The first heat exchanger 28 is provided with cooling fluid from the engine cooling subsystem 18 to cool the transmission oil and the second heat exchanger 38 is provided with oil from the hydraulic oil cooling circuit 20 to cool the transmission oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO Marston, Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiron John Arnott
  • Patent number: 8626427
    Abstract: A user interface method for a terminal for a vehicle is provided. The terminal obtains position information to detect a point of a road. A road image of a driving direction is obtained, a lanes of the road represented on the obtained road image is recognized, and a point of a road and lane in which the vehicle having the terminal arranged therein is detected. A virtual road image regarding the recognized lanes is generated, and the generated virtual lanes are added to the road image of the driving direction of the vehicle, and displayed. Traffic information for each lane and surrounding information (i.e. lane closure, construction, accident, etc.) at the detected point of the relevant road are obtained, and the obtained information is displayed for each virtual lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Kil Park, Chang-Soo Kim, Jun-Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 8621862
    Abstract: A remote cooling system (10) for cooling turbocharged compressed air from a charge-air cooled engine (12) which is placed within an enclosed environment. The cooling system (10) comprises a charge-air cooler (14) located a predetermined distance from the engine (12). The charge-air cooler (14) comprises a fluid receiver (16) which receives turbocharged air from the engine 12, an air-to-water heat exchanger (24) which cools the turbocharged air received from the fluid receiver (16), and a fluid return member (26) for returning cooled air to the engine (12). A secondary cooling device (34), located outside of the enclosed environment, provides heat transfer from the heat exchanger (24) within the charge-air cooler (14) to an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
    Inventors: Michael W. Sprenger, Matthew L. Warnick
  • Publication number: 20130340692
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an integrated exhaust manifold includes: a first cooling jacket configured to surround a portion of an exhaust manifold; and a second cooling jacket configured to surround another portion of the exhaust manifold. The first cooling jacket includes a first portion sitting atop the second cooling jacket and a second portion adjacent the second cooling jacket and positioned lower than the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jody Michael Slike, Paul Thomas Reinhart, Timothy Gerald Taylor, Todd Jay Brewer
  • Patent number: 8601986
    Abstract: A system and method for cooling an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment of the invention a cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, comprising an engine; an intercooler for receiving combustion air from a turbocharger, the intercooler comprising an air-to-liquid heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the combustion air and a liquid coolant; an intercooler radiator; at least one engine coolant radiator; an expansion tank; an oil cooler; and at least one pump, wherein the dedicated fan is controlled by a temperature switch or controller and wherein the at least one engine coolant radiator and the intercooler radiator are located on opposite sides of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Norfolk Southern
    Inventors: Donald R. Faulkner, William B. Thompson, Patrick E. Keister, Eric C. Martin, Charles W. Murray
  • Patent number: 8590306
    Abstract: There are provided first and second water supply passages to supply cooling water from an engine to first and second center housings of first and second turbochargers, and first and second return passages to return the cooling water from the first and second turbochargers to the engine. A cooling-water connection portion of the first water supply is located above the level of a cooling-water connection portion of the second water supply passage. A vapor releasing passage is provided between the second turbocharger and an upper tank provided on the outside of an engine body at a position located above the connection portion of the second return passage of the second turbocharger. Accordingly, the function of vapor releasing from the first and second turbochargers can be improved, thereby increasing the layout flexibility around the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Niwa, Kazuaki Nishimura, Satoshi Nishizaka, Hiroaki Deguchi
  • Patent number: 8584457
    Abstract: A cooler arrangement for a vehicle which is powered by a supercharged combustion engine. The vehicle has at least one charge air cooler (10) for cooling of compressed air which is led to the combustion engine (2), and an energy recovery system. The vehicle also has a cooler arrangement of a first cooling circuit with a first cooler (20) for cooling a circulating coolant, a second cooling circuit with a second cooler (26) for cooling a circulating coolant to a lower temperature than the first cooler (20), and a third cooling circuit with a third cooler (29) for cooling a circulating coolant to a lower temperature than the second cooler (26). The coolant in the third cooling circuit cools the compressed air in the charge air cooler (10) and/or a medium in a condenser (45) in a cooling medium line (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Kristoffer Klingberg
  • Patent number: 8567356
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least one fan (13) for the regulation of the cooling demand of at least two cooling elements (12) included in a drill rig (1), the cooling demand of each one of the cooling elements (12) being determined, that the determined cooling demands are weighted together and that the fan (13) is controlled based on the weighting together. The method is characterized in that at least one of the cooling elements is equipped with a safety thermostat (21), which, if required, prevents overcooling that the fluid is not allowed to circulate in the cooling elements. The invention also relates to a drill rig for the execution of the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB
    Inventor: Henrik Jacobsson
  • Patent number: 8555826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooler arrangement for a drive train (21) in a motor vehicle (23). Said cooler arrangement comprises a first coolant circuit (3) with a first coolant cooler (7) as well as a second coolant circuit (5) with a second coolant cooler (9). The invention is characterized in that there is a connection between the first coolant circuit (3) and the second coolant circuit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Feldhaus, Eberhard Pantow
  • Publication number: 20130255601
    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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: James Thomas Gooden, Scott Russo, Michael Joseph Giunta
  • Patent number: 8534239
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a multi-cylinder diesel engine in which a thermal damage of a common rail, and a rise in fuel temperature can be suppressed. In order to achieve the object, a multi-cylinder diesel engine in which, while the extension direction of a crank shaft 1 is set to the anteroposterior direction, a common rail 3 which is directed in the anteroposterior direction is placed above an intake manifold 2, and an engine cooling fan 4 is placed in front of the engine is configured so that the width direction of the engine which is perpendicular to the anteroposterior direction is set to the lateral direction, an air intake portion 6 of the intake manifold 2 is placed on the outer lateral side of the both lateral sides of the common rail 3, the outer lateral side being opposite to a head cover 5, and the common rail 3 is placed in a place to which engine cooling air produced by the engine cooling fan 4 is blown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshii, Akihiko Kai, Hiroki Oso, Yuuji Takemura, Tamotsu Kuno, Kentarou Kita, Tomoya Hasegawa, Wataru Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 8505499
    Abstract: A radiator and an oil cooler are arranged at a front surface side of a cooling fan in parallel with each other in a flow direction of the cooling air, an intercooler and a condenser are arranged in parallel at a front surface side of the radiator and oil cooler, and a fuel cooler is arranged at a front surface side of the condenser. By arranging respective heat exchangers such that the heat release amount thereof sequentially increases from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air, each heat exchanger can efficiently release the heat of the fluid to be cooled. By arranging the fuel cooler at the front surface side of the condenser, two heat exchangers of the condenser and the fuel cooler can be accommodated within a range of the thickness dimension of the intercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Hirasawa, Makoto Matsushita, Tomonori Mamada
  • Patent number: 8485143
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for venting a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine having several subcircuits includes a valve which is in fluid communication with a primary vent line extending from one of the subcircuits. At least one secondary vent line is in fluid communication with the valve and extends from another one of the subcircuits. The primary and secondary vent lines are connectable to a shared third vent line which feeds into a compensating reservoir arranged at a geodetically highest point in the coolant circuit. The valve is constructed to establish a continuous fluid communication of the primary vent line with the compensating reservoir via the third vent line and to establish a fluid communication of the secondary vent line with the compensating reservoir via the third vent line only in the presence of air bubbles in the secondary vent line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Matthias Honzen, Sebastian Riedl, Christoph Anton
  • Patent number: 8489267
    Abstract: In a hybrid-electric vehicle that includes a cabin, methods and systems are provided for modifying a first curve for engine coolant temperature (ECT) warm-up trajectory. The system includes a processor configured to execute software instructions, and a memory configured to store software instructions accessible by the processor. In one embodiment, the software instructions comprise an offset lookup table that is configured to generate, based on a calculated thermal power loss across a heater core and an ambient air temperature, an offset value for modifying the first curve for ECT warm-up trajectory to produce a desired curve for ECT warm-up trajectory that is offset from the first curve. The desired curve for ECT warm up trajectory is used to adjust temperature in the cabin so that fuel consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Paul S. Lombardo, Allen J. Lehmen
  • Publication number: 20130152881
    Abstract: A chamber structure for a vehicle may include a housing, a chamber formed inside the housing and into which a blow-by gas flows, and a cooling water path which may be formed inside the housing around the chamber and through which a preheated cooling water passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kefico Corporation, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Joo Park, Ho Sik Lee, Young Bok Kim, Yong Il Kang
  • Patent number: 8463495
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle including an engine, a transmission, an exhaust gas heat recovery (EGHR) heat exchanger, and an oil-to-water heat exchanger providing selective heat-exchange communication between the engine and transmission. The method includes controlling a two-way valve, which is configured to be set to one of an engine position and a transmission position. The engine position allows heat-exchange communication between the EGHR heat exchanger and the engine, but does not allow heat-exchange communication between the EGHR heat exchanger and the oil-to-water heat exchanger. The transmission position allows heat-exchange communication between the EGHR heat exchanger, the oil-to-water heat exchanger, and the engine. The method also includes monitoring an ambient air temperature and comparing the monitored ambient air temperature to a predetermined cold ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Spohn, George M. Claypole, Richard D Starr
  • Patent number: 8453611
    Abstract: The present invention is an engine, including two banks of cylinders in a flat, opposed cylinder arrangement and a crankshaft having a plurality of paired throws, the two throws of each respective pair of throws being disposed adjacent to each other and coplanar with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Schrick, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Fuchs, Steven M. Weinzierl
  • Patent number: 8434457
    Abstract: Various fuel injection systems and fuel injectors are disclosed that provide varying cooling rates for fuel injectors connected in series to fuel supply and drain rail. The local cooling rate for each injector is manipulated to balance the heat flux or heat transfer across the injectors disposed along the rail. The cooling rates may be manipulated by varying sizes of openings or slots in the nozzle case, by varying annular spaces disposed between the nozzle case and the portion of the injector body that houses the actuator and solenoid assembly, and by varying the size of annular spaces disposed between the nozzle case and the cylinder head. Strategic placement of slots in the nozzle case that direct more flow at the portion of the injector body that houses the actuator and solenoid assembly may also be employed. As a result, the operating temperatures of fuel injectors connected in series to a fuel rail can be manipulated and moderated so the downstream injectors are not prone to overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dana R. Coldren, Eric L. Rogers, Fergal M. O'Shea, Lifeng Wang, Mandar A. Joshi
  • Patent number: 8430069
    Abstract: An integrated hybrid heat exchanger with a multi-sectional structure, may include a first radiator and a second radiator, and/or at least a coolant bypass member disposed between the first and second radiators, the coolant bypass member connecting one end portion of the first radiator and the other end portion of the second radiator so as to fluid-communicate between the first radiator and the second radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Eun Ki Min, Byoung Sun Cho, Yong Woong Cha, Jae Yeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20130098315
    Abstract: A system for an engine is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a cylinder head, an engine block, and a gasket assembly sealing the cylinder head to the engine block. Further, the gasket assembly may include a plurality of apertures positioned between an inner beading region and an outer beading region to concentrate a clamping load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Beyer
  • Patent number: 8424303
    Abstract: An arrangement for a supercharged combustion engine (2) including a first cooling system with a circulating coolant, a second cooling system with a circulating coolant which is at a lower temperature than the coolant in the first cooling system, and a cooler (10, 15) in which a gaseous medium which contains water vapor is to be cooled by the coolant in the second cooling system. A first valve (32) which can be placed in a first position whereby it prevents coolant from the first cooling system from being led to the second cooling system via a first connecting line (30), and a second position whereby it allows warm coolant from the first cooling system to be led to the second cooling system via the first connecting line (30). The warm coolant from the first cooling system is intended to circulate at least a certain distance (26b, c) in the second cooling system so that it passes through the cooler (10, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Erik Söderberg
  • Patent number: 8402929
    Abstract: A system for cooling an engine on a vehicle without a coolant based intercooler and intermediate duct, the system including an air-to-oil radiator system configured to cool oil that flows through an engine, an air-to-air radiator system configured to cool air that flows through the engine and further configured to operate in conjunction with the air-to-oil radiator system to provide cool air for use with the air-to-oil radiator system, and a slow flow coolant radiator configured to cool a coolant provided to cool the engine and further provided to operate in conjunction with the air-to-oil radiator system. A method for cooling oil in an engine without a coolant based intercooler and intermediate duct is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Marsh, Mahesh Chand Aggarwal, Kendall Roger Swenson
  • Patent number: 8393305
    Abstract: A control valve (10) for a fluid circulation circuit comprises a valve body (12) having a bottom wall into which an axial orifice emerges and a side wall (16) into which side orifices (20, 22, 24) emerge, the valve body delimiting a housing of revolution for a regulating member (26) capable of rotating about a rotation axis XX and of taking various angular positions to control the distribution of the fluid through the orifices. The regulating member (26) is surrounded by a sealing segment (42) in the shape of an open ring and elastic means are provided to separate two ends (44, 46) of the sealing segment in order to deform it radially outward and thus ensure that the sealing segment is pressed against the valve body housing. Application particularly to the fluid circuit of motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques S.A.S.
    Inventors: Alain Farkh, Frédéric Vacca, Jean-Bernard Dumetz
  • Publication number: 20130042842
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation cooler for an internal combustion engine is provided. The exhaust gas recirculation cooler includes an external casing with an inlet and an outlet for an exhaust gas flow. A first tube bundle and a second tube bundle, each with an inlet and an outlet for a coolant, are located inside the external casing so that the exhaust gas flow flows through the first tube bundle and the second tube bundle in series. A bypass passage conveys the exhaust gas flow from downstream the first tube bundle to the outlet of the external casing bypassing the second tube bundle. The bypass passage is located inside the external casing between the first tube bundle and the second tube bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alberto VASSALLO, Hans DRANGEL
  • Patent number: 8371254
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a fuel injector of a direct injection engine are disclosed. In order to route coolant directly beneath a fuel injector adjacent to a combustion chamber in a direct injection engine, a recess is cast beneath the injector and a slotted gasket is provided to route coolant from core prints of the exiting water jacket into the recess beneath the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Beyer, John Christopher Riegger
  • Patent number: 8356581
    Abstract: A power pack has an electrically controlled internal combustion engine which is provided with a turbo charger which is immersed in liquid coolant to reduce the risk of a spark therefrom igniting combustible gas in the ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Canada, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Fletcher
  • Patent number: 8336528
    Abstract: An EGR device includes a first cooling passage that introduces a flowing medium discharged from an engine into a main radiator so that the flowing medium is cooled therein, and then returns the flowing medium to the engine, and a second cooling passage that introduces a part of the flowing medium cooled in the first cooling passage to a sub-radiator so that the flowing medium is further cooled therein. The second cooling passage introduces the flowing medium to an EGR cooler to return the flowing medium, which is discharged from the EGR cooler, to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hori, Satoshi Kimura, Satoshi Tamagawa
  • Patent number: 8316806
    Abstract: An arrangement for cooling oil in a gearbox in a vehicle which is powered by a combustion engine, the arrangement including an oil cooler, an oil system configured to circulate oil between the gearbox and the oil cooler, and a coolant circuit configured and operable to lead coolant to the oil cooler. The coolant circuit includes a radiator element for cooling the coolant and a line to lead the cooled coolant from the radiator element to the oil cooler. The coolant circuit has a flow-regulator to regulate the coolant flow through the radiator element for imparting to the coolant a temperature which makes possible a desired cooling of the oil in the oil cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (Publ)
    Inventors: Erik Söderberg, Zoltan Kardos
  • Publication number: 20120285403
    Abstract: A cylinder head (1) for an internal combustion engine with liquid cooling and a liquid-cooled exhaust manifold (8) and which is arranged integrally with the cylinder head (1) includes at least one first and one second cooling chamber (4, 9) through which a coolant flows, and with the region of the exhaust manifold (8) being enclosed at least partly by the second cooling chamber. In order to ensure by way of simple production the optimal removal of heat from thermally critical regions, the first and second cooling chambers are flow-connected via at least one borehole (10) with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Brandl
  • Patent number: 8302567
    Abstract: A motor chain saw has a motor housing with a drive unit for driving a saw chain on a guide bar. The drive unit is an internal combustion engine with a cylinder and a crankshaft extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the motor chain saw. A drive pinion is mounted on a first end of the crankshaft. A cooling air blower with a blower wheel is mounted on the second end of the crankshaft. A cooling air stream of the blower flows transversely to the longitudinal axis of the motor chain saw about the cylinder and exits through a housing opening. A hand guard arranged between a handle and a front end of the guide bar is connected with one leg near the housing opening for the cooling air stream. In front of the housing opening a baffle element is supported on the leg of the hand guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Junginger
  • Patent number: 8297238
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes an engine, an exhaust system, and a thermoelectric generator (TEG) operatively connected to the exhaust system and configured to allow exhaust gas flow therethrough. A first radiator is operatively connected to the engine. An openable and closable engine valve is configured to open to permit coolant to circulate through the engine and the first radiator when coolant temperature is greater than a predetermined minimum coolant temperature. A first and a second valve are controllable to route cooling fluid from the TEG to the engine through coolant passages under a first set of operating conditions to establish a first cooling circuit, and from the TEG to a second radiator through at least some other coolant passages under a second set of operating conditions to establish a second cooling circuit. A method of controlling a cooling circuit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Gregory P. Prior
  • Publication number: 20120247728
    Abstract: A method for controlling a supplemental cooling system for an independent hydraulic system used in combination with a primary cooling system for a work vehicle. Airflow is provided from a first air mover to the primary cooling system and a second airflow is provided to the supplemental cooling system. Multiple conditions are evaluated for reversing the direction of the second airflow to remove debris. In one embodiment, reversing of the airflow from the first and second air movers is synchronized to remove debris from both the primary and supplemental cooling systems and the second airflow from the second air mover is staged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: AGCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gerald R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120240879
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold is covered by a manifold heat shield cover and an exhaust pipe is directed downward from the exhaust manifold. In such an engine, a cooling fan is disposed on a front portion of the engine and the exhaust pipe is positioned on the air flow path of the cooling fan. An auxiliary component heat shielding plate is directed from the manifold heat shield cover along a back side of the exhaust pipe. An auxiliary engine component is disposed beneath the manifold heat shield cover on a back side of the auxiliary component heat shielding plate. Between the exhaust pipe and a cylinder block, an air flow guide plate provides an air flow space between the air flow guide plate and the cylinder block. A cooling air flow passing through the air flow space is thus supplied to the auxiliary engine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji KISHI, Yutaka NOYORI, Takeshi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 8256496
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air diverter for a vehicle cooling system. There is a need for an improved vehicle cooling system. An air diverter is provided for a vehicle cooling system having a radiator, a fan for moving air through the radiator and a cooling unit positioned in front of the radiator with respect to air moving through the radiator. The fan is surrounded by a fan shroud. The air diverter includes a collector and a conduit. The collector is positioned between the cooling unit and the radiator. The collector receives a portion of air which passes through the cooling unit. The conduit extends around an edge of the radiator and communicates air from the collector to the interior of the fan shroud while bypassing the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Adam Joe Shuttleworth, Matthew Robert Oliver, Ronnie Franklin Burk, Dick J. Goering
  • Publication number: 20120216760
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cooling fluid circuit and a pumping circuit. The pumping circuit drives an ejector pump located along the cooling fluid circuit, enabling a reduced parasitic load on the engine from pumping cooling fluid through the cooling fluid circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: CUMMINS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
    Inventors: Dale G. GIBBY, Mark N. BAYS
  • Patent number: 8251023
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a vehicle which is powered by a combustion engine. The cooling arrangement includes an air passage through which air flows in a specific direction, and at least three cooling elements to effect cooling of a medium. The three cooling elements are arranged one after another in the air passage such that at least part of the air which flows through the air passage flows successively through all of the cooling elements and cools the media in the respective cooling elements. The cooling elements are arranged one after another in the air passage in a sequence which is related to the temperature of the media in the respective cooling elements such that the air which flows through the cooling elements in the air passage cools a succession of media, each media in succession is at a higher temperature than the one preceding it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Hans Wikström, Erik Söderberg
  • Publication number: 20120180476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a supercharged internal combustion engine having at least one liquid-cooled cylinder head with at least two cylinders, each cylinder having at least one exhaust gas outlet opening with an exhaust line attached to each outlet. The exhaust lines from each outlet merge to form an integrated exhaust manifold within the cylinder head and an overall exhaust line directing exhaust gas outside of the cylinder head, and the at least one liquid-cooled turbine having a turbine housing arranged in said overall exhaust line. Further, a bypass line, separate from the exhaust lines forming the integrated exhaust manifold, branches off upstream of the turbine conducting blown-off exhaust gas past the turbine and outside of the turbine housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Steiner, Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Rainer Friedfeldt
  • Patent number: 8205709
    Abstract: A system for heating and cooling the transmission fluid including a heat exchanger adapted to transfer heat between an engine coolant and a transmission fluid and a controller for controlling a valve to place the system into a select one of three modes including a heater core priority mode wherein no engine coolant flows to the heat exchanger, a heating mode wherein hot engine coolant flows directly to the heat exchanger from the engine and a cooling mode wherein cool engine coolant flows directly to the heat exchanger from the radiator, whereby the transmission fluid is heated in an efficient manner with minimal impact on passenger compartment heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: James Thomas Gooden, Hamish Macwillson, Dragos Catalin Iliescu
  • 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: 8191618
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger having a thermal energy storage material provided therein, a first coolant loop thermally coupled to an electrochemical storage device located within the first coolant loop and to the heat exchanger, and a second coolant loop thermally coupled to the heat exchanger. The first and second coolant loops are configured to carry distinct thermal energy transfer media. The thermal management system also includes an interface configured to facilitate transfer of heat generated by an internal combustion engine to the heat exchanger via the second coolant loop in order to selectively deliver the heat to the electrochemical storage device. Thermal management methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin L. Gering, Daryl R. Haefner
  • Patent number: 8186328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling mechanism (1), in particular for cooling oil in a motor vehicle, with a housing (2) having a bracket (3), by means of which housing (2) the cooling mechanism (1) is connected to an internal combustion engine, a transmission fluid cooler (10), and an engine oil cooler (7). Pertinent to the invention is that the cooling mechanism (1) is designed in a sandwich-type manner having an intermediate module (11) positioned between the engine oil cooler (7) and the transmission fluid cooler (10), which intermediate module (11) has at least one supply/removal assembly (12) that communicates with the engine oil cooler (7) and has corresponding supply/removal lines or connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Kiemlen, Phillip Lang, Ralf Zink
  • Patent number: 8171896
    Abstract: A cooling structure of an internal combustion engine includes: a cooling water introducing port provided on one end side of a cylinder block; and a water jacket provided so as to surround a cylinder bore wall, wherein cooling water is introduced from the cooling water introducing port into the water jacket, the cooling water is branched to flow to a portion on an intake side and a portion on an exhaust side of the water jacket of the cylinder block of the internal combustion engine, and the cooling water is supplied from a cylinder block side to a cylinder head side, the cooling structure of the internal combustion engine, further comprising a first regulation portion that regulates a flow of the cooling water supplied to the cylinder head side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Hanai, Takashi Kubota, Makoto Hatano, Yoshifumi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120103284
    Abstract: In invention relates to an engine cooling system in which the supply of fuel is cooled to prevent fuel vapors by cooling the fuel pump. The cooling system uses a thermoelectric material that, either entirely or partially, surrounds the fuel pump, is the housing of the fuel pump and/or is internal to the fuel pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Dean Achor, Michael Shawn Richards
  • Patent number: 8170779
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device is for an exhaust heat recovery equipment including an exhaust heat absorption part absorbing exhaust heat from an engine, a heat release part releasing at least part of the heat absorbed by the absorption part to engine coolant, a circulation loop passing through the absorption part and the release part, the medium circulating around the loop, and an opening and closing valve disposed in the loop between the absorption part and the release part. The equipment closes the valve to stop circulation of the medium when coolant temperature is a preset temperature or above. The device includes an abnormality determination device for determining whether the valve is in an abnormal opening state based on a heat amount transmitted from exhaust heat to coolant through the equipment, when coolant temperature is the preset temperature or above and thereby the valve is closed if the valve is normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Iwase, Naoyuki Kamiya