With Lubricant Heat Exchange Patents (Class 123/41.33)
  • Patent number: 11466601
    Abstract: A system for circulating coolant including a coolant manifold and a coolant filter hosing. The oil cap and the oil transfer tube act in conjunction to redirect the oil flow. The coolant manifold is able to redirect coolant to the coolant filter and back into the system. The coolant filter is able to filter coolant in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Vinh Au
  • Patent number: 11300336
    Abstract: A fluid control assembly is provided, which includes a heat exchange core, a mounting block and a valve core member. At least a part of the valve core member is arranged in a first mounting hole passage of the mounting block, and the valve core member is sealable to a wall portion of the first mounting hole passage. In this way, the fluid control assembly includes a fluid flow passage that includes a first port, a second hole passage, a first hole passage, a first sub-passage, a communication hole, a second sub-passage, and a second port. A core body of the valve core member is operated under a pressure difference between the first sub-passage and the second sub-passage, to communicate or block the first sub-passage and the second sub-passage, to realize a constant flow direction of the fluid flow passage of the fluid control assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiabin Ye, Zhou Lv, Jiang Zou, Gang Lv
  • Patent number: 11009295
    Abstract: An extruded aluminum flat multi-hole tube manufactured by extrusion molding includes therein a plurality of refrigerant passages extending in a tube length direction and including an upper wall surface and a lower wall surface opposed to each other and a pair of opposed sidewall surfaces. A ridge extending in the tube length direction is formed only on the upper wall surface of the refrigerant passage. The height of the ridge is 5 to 25% of the vertical width of the refrigerant passage. The ratio of the horizontal width at ½ the height of the ridge with respect to the horizontal width of the refrigerant passage is 0.05 to 0.30. The ratio of the horizontal width per inter-ridge flat portion of the upper wall surface with respect to the horizontal width of the refrigerant passage is 0.20 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Sayo Fukada, Mamoru Houfuku
  • Patent number: 10823075
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method includes predicting, by a processor, a projected oil-wetted metal temperature in a lubrication system of a gas turbine engine at shutdown based on one or more thermal models prior to shutdown of the gas turbine engine. The processor determines a coking index based on the projected oil-wetted metal temperature and a coking limit threshold associated with one or more engine components. An oil coking mitigation action is triggered as a shutdown management event of the gas turbine engine based on the coking index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorn A. Glahn, Denman H. James, Amy R. Grace
  • Patent number: 10711427
    Abstract: A cavity-type load box includes an oil cavity unit. The oil cavity unit includes a sealing plate with a U-shaped section and two flat plates with edges wrapped in the sealing plate and is provided with an oil injection structure. Liquid oil injected from the oil injection structure flows into the oil cavity unit. The edges of the two flat plates are wrapped in the sealing plate with the U-shaped section, so that after the liquid oil enters an oil cavity via the oil injection structure, the sealing plate is stretched under the pressure of the liquid oil to cause deformation of the oil cavity. As a stress required for deformation of the sealing plate is very small, the pressure generated by the liquid oil directly acts on an object on the upper or lower surface of the cavity-type load box, and accordingly, the object s pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HANGZHOU OUGAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuxin Mao
  • Patent number: 10605104
    Abstract: A turbine engine system includes a first lubricant circuit, a second lubricant circuit, a plurality of engine stages and a shaft. The first lubricant circuit includes a first turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a first lubricant heat exchanger. The first turbine engine component includes a gear train, which connects a first of the engine stages to a second of the engine stages. The second lubricant circuit includes a second turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a second lubricant heat exchanger. The second lubricant circuit is fluidly coupled with the first lubricant circuit, and the second turbine engine component includes a bearing. The shaft is supported by the bearing, and connected to one of the engine stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick M. Schwarz, Simon Pickford
  • Patent number: 10550758
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a charge air cooler system that includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage receives charge air via a charge air flow path. The first stage receives coolant fluid via a first coolant fluid flow path. The second stage receives the charge air from the first stage via the charge air flow path, such the second stage of the charge air cooler system outputs the charge air and receives the coolant fluid via a second coolant fluid flow path. The cooling system includes a low temperature radiator system that includes a low-temperature radiator that directs the coolant fluid toward the second coolant fluid flow path and a third coolant fluid flow path. The cooling system includes a high temperature radiator system that directs the coolant fluid toward the first stage via the first coolant fluid flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Samrendra Kumar Singh, Kaushal Ghorpade, Hesam Abbassi, Panos Tamamidis
  • Patent number: 10513963
    Abstract: An engine cooling device includes a heater circulation passage including an exhaust-side channel and a heater channel, the exhaust-side channel extending through an exhaust port-side portion of a cylinder head, the heater channel extending through a heater core; an auxiliary device circulation passage including a main channel and an auxiliary device channel, the main channel extending through a portion of the cylinder head other than the exhaust port-side portion, the auxiliary device channel extending through an auxiliary device; a temperature detecting portion configured to detect a temperature of an engine; and a channel switching valve configured to perform connection between the main channel and the auxiliary device channel and connection between the heater circulation passage and the auxiliary device circulation passage depending on the detected temperature falling within one of three temperature ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Koguchi, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Patent number: 10322785
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an oil cooler, an engine cooling water passage, an oil cooling water passage, and a water discharge passage. The oil cooler is disposed forward of a crankshaft. The engine cooling water passage is disposed inside an engine. The oil cooling water passage is connected to the oil cooler and branches from the engine cooling water passage. The water discharge passage is connected to the oil cooler. The water discharge passage is disposed lower than the oil cooler and forward of a center axis of the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimitaka Saruwatari, Chiharu Masuda, Yutaka Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10220912
    Abstract: The motorcycle includes an engine, a radiator configured to cool cooling water for the engine, a radiator fan configured to suck and discharge air ahead of the radiator, a fan cover guiding downward the air discharged from the radiator fan, and a side cowl disposed on a side of the radiator, in which the side cowl has a cover side lower end at a lower end of a portion positioned below a portion overlapped with the fan cover in a side view, the cover side lower end being positioned adjacent to a lower end of the fan cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10190479
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a cooling system with a heater and a coolant pump for an internal combustion engine. The cooling system is switched into a predetermined operating mode as a function of a heater request and a temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mario Reichenbach, Torsten Mueller, Michael Brinker, Michael Selinger
  • Patent number: 10174649
    Abstract: An engine block, an engine subassembly, and method for providing and manufacturing an engine block. The engine block includes a plurality of cylinder barrels positioned in the engine block, at least one oil jacket channel formed in the engine block, and an oil inlet port positioned in a peripheral wall of the engine block and connected to the at least one oil jacket channel. The at least one oil jacket channel includes a plurality of curved channel sections. Each curved channel section in the plurality of curved channel sections extends about at least a portion of a circumferential portion of a respective cylinder barrel in the plurality of cylinder barrels. The at least one oil jacket channel extends between adjacent cylinder barrels of the plurality of cylinder barrels in the engine block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron S. Quinton, John Jerl Purcell, III, Nathaniel P. Hassall
  • Patent number: 10132403
    Abstract: A transmission oil cooler transfers heat between Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) and engine coolant. During initial vehicle warm-up, heat is transferred from the engine coolant to the ATF, assisting the transmission warm-up. A priority valve may limit the flow of coolant to the transmission oil cooler until the coolant temperature is sufficient to ensure adequate cabin heating performance. After both the engine and transmission have reached normal operating temperatures, heat is transferred from the ATF to the engine coolant. An auxiliary radiator pre-cools the engine coolant before it enters transmission oil cooler. This increases the cooling of the ATF and avoids coolant temperature increase during aggressive maneuvers. When the ATF temperature is below a threshold, a coolant control valve diverts coolant around the auxiliary radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Thomas Gooden, Michael Joseph Giunta
  • Patent number: 10087818
    Abstract: An engine block comprising: a combustion chamber, an inlet for introducing a fuel/air mixture into the combustion chamber and an outlet for expelling combusted fuel/air mixture from the combustion chamber; and a piston that reciprocates within the combustion chamber to compress the fuel/air mixture therein, the piston having a closer supported thereon, wherein reciprocating movement of the piston seals the combustion chamber with the closer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Jermyn D. Ocampo, Peter Selwyn D. Ocampo
  • Patent number: 10006366
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods related to thermal management systems for gas turbine engines. For example, a thermal management system comprises a fuel circuit, comprising a burn line and a recirculation line, and a burn line fuel-oil cooler, coupled to the burn line and an oil circuit. The oil circuit comprises a sending portion, configured to carry oil from the burn line fuel-oil cooler to an engine lube system, and a returning portion, configured to carry oil from the engine lube system to the burn line fuel-oil cooler. The thermal management system further comprises a recirculation fuel-oil cooler, coupled to the recirculation line and the returning portion, and an air-fuel cooler coupled to the recirculation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Simon Pickford
  • Patent number: 9845706
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a turbopropeller, includes an oil feed device for at least one enclosure and one equipment, the equipment being connected to the feed device via a displacement pump, and a pressure restricting valve mounted downstream of displacement pump and in parallel to the equipment, such that oil flows through the equipment when the same is active, and through the valve when the equipment is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Laigle, Jean-Louis Muller
  • Patent number: 9840969
    Abstract: A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine includes a gear system that provides a speed reduction between a fan drive turbine and a fan and a mount flexibly supporting portions of the gear system. A lubrication system supporting the fan drive gear system provides lubricant to the gear system and removes thermal energy produced by the gear system. The lubrication system includes a capacity for removing thermal energy equal to less than about 2% of power input into the gear system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: William G. Sheridan
  • Patent number: 9777964
    Abstract: A heat exchanger adapted to transmit a first fluid through an interior, having a tubular body receptive of a second fluid, whereby heat transfer occurs between the fluids is provided, the tubular body extending longitudinally through the interior, having a non-circular cross-section, and being formed to define microchannels extending longitudinally along the tubular body through which the second fluid is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, Jack Leon Esformes, Satyam Bendapudi
  • Patent number: 9739198
    Abstract: Oil and fuel circuits in a turbine engine, the circuits including a main oil/fuel heat exchanger passing flows of oil and fuel for cooling the oil, an oil/air heat exchanger mounted in the oil circuit and having a flow of cooling air passing therethrough, a bypass pipe connected between an oil inlet and outlet of the oil/air heat exchanger, a valve for controlling passage of the oil flow through the bypass pipe and the oil/air heat exchanger, and a secondary oil/fuel heat exchanger mounted in the bypass pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sebastien Gameiro, Olivier Robert Michel Delepierre-Massue
  • Patent number: 9708981
    Abstract: A device and method feeding turbomachines with lubricant, the turbomachine including a first set of bearings and a second set of bearings. Both the first and the second sets of bearings are fed with lubricant, and the second set of bearings operate at a temperature higher than the first set. The second set of bearings is fed with lubricant at a temperature higher than the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventor: Philippe Alain Francois Augros
  • Patent number: 9593462
    Abstract: A construction machine includes an engine unit, a body frame, and mounting portions. The engine unit includes an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by drive force of the engine, and a generator motor disposed between the engine and the hydraulic pump. The generator motor has a rotary shaft connected to an input shaft of the hydraulic pump and to an output shaft of the engine and a first housing fixed on an engine side and a second housing fixed on a hydraulic pump side. The engine is installed on the body frame. The mounting portions are provided to the engine and to the first housing to support the engine unit on the body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kouya Iizuka, Takao Nagano
  • Patent number: 9562604
    Abstract: An axle includes a differential, a cover, and a heat absorber. The differential has a ring gear disposed within a housing. The ring gear is configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The cover is attached to the housing. The heat absorber is attached to the cover within a pump path of the ring gear. The heat absorber has a phase-change material disposed within the heat absorber configured to absorb heat from the lubricating fluid. A method to control fluid temperature in a vehicle axle is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sunil Katragadda, W. Cary Cole, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Mathew John Fast
  • Patent number: 9505300
    Abstract: A cooling assembly for a motor vehicle provided with a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine. The assembly has a radiator intended to be supplied with a flow of a liquid coolant coming from the engine, a condenser for use in an air-conditioning system of the vehicle, mounted facing the radiator, and a ventilation assembly. The ventilation assembly includes a plate-like shroud mounted facing the condenser, on a side remote from the radiator, and carrying a motor-driven fan capable of inducing a flow of air through the radiator and the condenser. The ventilation assembly is connected directly to the radiator, and the condenser is directly connected to the ventilation assembly and/or the radiator such that it is separately detachable and extractable, and possibly mountable again, leaving the ventilation assembly and the radiator in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Gate S.R.L
    Inventors: Bruno Grasso, Carlo Canuto
  • Patent number: 9487075
    Abstract: A work vehicle equipped with a main engine, a main engine gearbox and a main engine cooling circuit for circulating an engine coolant, the cooling circuit comprising at least one sub-portion comprising a radiator for heating the driver's cabin of the work vehicle. A heat exchanger is configured for heat exchange between said engine coolant and a lubricant flowing in a circuit into and out of a gearbox other than the engine gearbox. This latter gearbox can be the traction gearbox driven by a hydrostatic motor that is in turn powered by main-engine driven pump. The traction gearbox oil is then cooled by the engine coolant when the temperature difference between the engine coolant and the traction gearbox oil is higher than when the work vehicle is in active operation in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Tom A. De Lathauwer, Lode A. Demonie, Guy H. J. Osselaere
  • Patent number: 9376786
    Abstract: In a construction machine having an engine room and capable of efficiently collecting air flowing in the engine room, a heat exchanger provided at a first side of the engine, and a fan provided at the first side and rotating to generate around the engine a flow of cooling air, further includes an exhaust duct extending in a fan axial direction parallel with a rotation axis of the fan along the engine. The exhaust duct guides the flow of the air to collect the air flowing downstream of the fan in the fan axial direction, in a region extending in the fan axial direction, and discharges the air to an outside of the engine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Numasawa
  • Patent number: 9334802
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a heat exchanger and a valve that controls an amount of a first fluid that is communicated through the heat exchanger A first sensor senses a first characteristic of a second fluid that is communicated through the heat exchanger to exchange heat with the first fluid and a second sensor senses a second characteristic of the second fluid. A positioning of the valve is based on at least one of the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Federico Papa, Thomas G. Phillips, Kathleen R. Phillips, Ethan K. Stearns, Justin W. Heiss
  • Patent number: 9279360
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a cooling passage provided in an internal combustion engine, a water pump, a radiator, a first passage through which the water pump and the cooling passage are connected to each other, a second passage through which the cooling passage and the radiator are connected to each other, a third passage through which the radiator and the water pump are connected to each other, and an oil cooler passage provided with an oil cooler. An in-line type thermostat is provided at any position in a portion of a cooling water circuit which leads from a first end portion to a second end portion via the second passage, the radiator, and the third passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu Miura, Kazuyuki Maeda, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9109476
    Abstract: A lubricating device for a power unit includes an oil pan, an oil tank being separated from the oil pan, a scavenging pump for circulating the received oil of the oil pan to the oil tank, and a feed pump to feeding oil stored in the oil tank to the engine and the transmission, wherein an oil reservoir for storing a certain amount of oil to immerse a lower part of a clutch that connects and disconnects a transmission route between the engine and the transmission is provided in a power unit case, and a first overflow passage is provided in the oil tank such that when the stored oil in the oil tank is increased beyond a first level, the first overflow passage allows the increased oil to overflow into the oil reservoir side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kousuke Tsunashima, Masafumi Taki, Seiji Hamaoka, Taku Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20150122204
    Abstract: A coolant passage structure for an internal combustion engine includes a coolant communication member. The coolant communication member includes a centrifugal water pump, a housing portion, a scroll portion, a second coolant passage portion, a first coolant passage portion, a direction of a center line of the second coolant passage portion, and a rib. The first coolant passage portion includes a downstream region connected to an upstream region of the second coolant passage portion. A direction of a center line of the first coolant passage portion is parallel to a direction of a rotation shaft of the centrifugal water pump. The direction of the center line of the second coolant passage portion is orthogonal to the direction of the center line of the first coolant passage portion. The rib is disposed on an internal circumferential surface of the first coolant passage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi KITAHARA, Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Yusuke KATO
  • Patent number: 9016245
    Abstract: A baffle for engine fluid cooling includes a fluid guide having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, and a coolant fluid inlet. A channel receives a pair of heat exchangers such that one may be positioned proximate to or above a part of the bottom wall and the other may be positioned proximate to or above another part of the bottom wall. Some coolant entering the guide flows into the first heat exchanger and some coolant is passed under the first heat exchanger and subsequently into the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Van Farowe, Vasanthakumar Ganesan, Shaun Fogle, Peitong Jin
  • Publication number: 20150101550
    Abstract: An air duct for a vehicle may include a front duct formed forward to take in an exterior air in front of the vehicle, a rear duct formed relatively rearward from the front duct such that the exterior air flowing via the front duct passes therein, and a duct outlet flowing out the exterior air flowed via the rear duct, wherein the air duct may be disposed at both sides of an exterior air intake port taking in the exterior air in front of the vehicle into an engine compartment, and wherein both front ducts may be formed to be bent such that extension lines thereof form a streamlined shape in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: JongWoo NAM, Hyun Cho, JoonHo Lee, HanShin Chung
  • Publication number: 20150096509
    Abstract: A thermal management unit for a vehicle powertrain component. The thermal management unit is designed to maintain the operating temperature of the vehicle component within a relatively small, ideal temperature range. The thermal management unit includes a three-way valve and temperature sensor that uses the temperature of a lubricant used by the component itself to configure the valve such that lubricant having the desired temperature is passed to the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Kenneth J Potter
  • 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: 8985067
    Abstract: An engine lubrication system is provided. The engine lubrication system includes an oil pan housing a lubricant, an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant, and a heat pipe assembly including a fluidly sealed heat pipe coupled to the oil pan adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Danrich Henry Demitroff, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Donald Masch, Michael Levin, James Patrick O'Neill, Lawrence Marshall
  • Patent number: 8950184
    Abstract: A device for utilizing waste heat of an internal combustion engine. A heat exchanger of a circuit of a working medium is provided in its exhaust system. A pump is connected upstream from the heat exchanger, the circuit containing an expansion machine. A coupling heat exchanger is located in the circuit of the working medium, the working medium of the circuit and the cooling medium of the internal combustion engine flowing through the coupling heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Stegmaier, Martin Cichon, Manfred Schmitt, Achim Schmidt
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8919299
    Abstract: A thermal management unit for a vehicle powertrain component. The thermal management unit is designed to maintain the operating temperature of the vehicle component within a relatively small, ideal temperature range. The thermal management unit includes a three-way valve and temperature sensor that uses the temperature of a lubricant used by the component itself to configure the valve such that lubricant having the desired temperature is passed to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Potter
  • Publication number: 20140352636
    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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Daniel B. Glassford
  • Patent number: 8887688
    Abstract: An oil distribution and cooling system for diesel engines of the design represented by the 6.4L POWER STROKE® engine. The stock oil cooler and cover are removed and a manifold is positioned in place of the removed stock oil cooler and cover. The block has oil in, oil out, coolant in and coolant out ports which align with those on the engine. Coolant is directed to an adapter plate and a relocated oil cooler which may be the removed cooler or a replacement, preferably of the oil-to-air type. Oil to be filtered and cooled is directed through the manifold to a filter and then to the cooler. Cool, clean oil is returned to the manifold for distribution to various engine locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventors: Gene Neal, Kennieth Neal
  • Patent number: 8875667
    Abstract: An assembly is provided herein. The assembly includes a cylinder block and a cooler coupled to the cylinder block positioned in a valley between two cylinder banks, the cooler including a lubricant passage having a first section configured to flow lubricant in an opposing direction to the flow of lubricant through a second section, the first and second sections each extending longitudinally from a first peripheral cylinder to a second peripheral cylinder in one of the cylinder banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher K. Palazzolo, Darren Sipila, Jagadish Sorab, Chuck Raymond Kvasnicka, Michael Edward Solski
  • Patent number: 8869779
    Abstract: A method controls an intercooler of a vehicle including a bypass valve that is disposed between an inlet and an outlet connected to the ends of a U-shaped cooling part and is opened/closed such that compressed air is directly bypassed from the inlet to the outlet, without passing through the cooling part. The method includes determining whether to bypass compressed air injected in the intercooler by measuring one or more of engine load, vehicle speed, engine revolution speed, and gear stage, closing the bypass valve to block the flow between the inlet and the outlet when the compressed air needs to be bypassed, and opening the bypass valve such that the compressed air directly flows between the inlet and the outlet when it is smaller than the cooling reference value, when the compressed air does not need to be bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sungil Yoon
  • Publication number: 20140311430
    Abstract: The invention relates to power plants which are based on the internal combustion engines (ICE) and can be used in vehicles: planes, cars, tractors, vessels, including boats, etc., as well as stationary and mobile power plants. Among positive effects which are reached by the invention,—improvement of charge-air cooling, and characteristics of charge-air-coolers. For this purpose charge-air direct, for example, to a tubular frame of the power plant. Another section of the tubular frame connected to the intake manifold of the engine. Passing through the hollow frame, charge-air is cooled. Thus without any special intercooler cooling of the charge air is reached. If the hollow frame is part of the aircraft, it is blown by air and charge-air is well cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Leonid Zhmudyak
  • Patent number: 8839748
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes: a heat releasing unit that is stacked with a plurality of plates and that forms connection flow channels to intersect at the inside thereof to inject other working fluids and that exchanges a heat of working fluids that pass through the respective connection flow channels, a bypass unit that is formed in the heat releasing unit to form a plurality of inflow holes and exhaust holes that inject and exhaust the working fluids to the respective connection flow channels and that connects the inflow hole and the exhaust hole that is connected to one of the respective connection flow channels, and a valve unit that is mounted within the heat releasing unit to correspond to the inflow hole that forms the bypass unit and that is selectively opened or closed using a deformation force of bimetal that is deformed according to a temperature of a working fluid that is injected into the inside thereof to inject the working fluid into the heat releasing unit and the bypass unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
  • Patent number: 8813491
    Abstract: A supercharged liquid-cooled internal combustion engine is provided. In one example, a bearing of a turbocharger is cooled in response to a thermal load of the turbocharger while a flow of coolant to a ventilation vessel is controlled. In this way, a coolant flow rate to the bearing and a ventilation vessel may be provided based on cooling demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bernd Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20140202403
    Abstract: A engine block cover plate is described having a depression shaped to guide coolant flow around a bend in a coolant circuit, the plate further including a plurality of oil ports. One example method of operation may include guiding a coolant flow around a bend in a cooling circuit within an engine block via the cover plate, the cover plate having coolant and oil ports positioned therein, and adjusting a valve positioned on the cover plate to control a flow of oil through the oil port in response to an engine component temperature. In this way, flow losses may be decreased while enabling improved oil flow control with reduced system complexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Cliff Maki, Thomas Polley, Jeffrey Allen Mullins, Sonny E. Stanley
  • Patent number: 8783216
    Abstract: An oil/coolant module for a combustion engine, includes an oil filter, an oil/water heat exchanger, a water pump, and a coolant treatment system comprising a water filter and containing treatment additives for a coolant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Wilmink, Reiko Haase
  • Publication number: 20140182524
    Abstract: A baffle for engine fluid cooling includes a fluid guide having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, and a coolant fluid inlet. A channel receives a pair of heat exchangers such that one may be positioned proximate to or above a part of the bottom wall and the other may be positioned proximate to or above another part of the bottom wall. Some coolant entering the guide flows into the first heat exchanger and some coolant is passed under the first heat exchanger and subsequently into the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Van Farowe, Vasanthakumar Ganesan, Shaun Fogle, Peitong Jin
  • Publication number: 20140165932
    Abstract: An engine cooling system for a vehicle includes a water pump disposed to supply an engine with a coolant and a radiator disposed to cool heated coolant of the engine by exchanging heat with outside air. The system may include: a control valve that is disposed at one side of the engine to control flow rate and flow passage of coolant; a first passage that connects the control valve with the radiator and connects the radiator with the water pump; a TOC that is disposed between an outlet of the radiator and the water pump to be connected through the first passage; a second passage that connects the TOC with the control valve and directly supplies the TOC with the coolant exhausted from the engine; and a heater that is disposed in a third passage that bypasses the engine to connect the control valve with the water pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Chang-Seok Oh
  • 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: RE46650
    Abstract: A method of modifying the oil cooling system of a diesel engine an engine oil supply outlet located in a horizontal plan includes the steps of removing the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and installing a manifold having an oil outlet port directed to a remote oil cooler and a bypass water passage providing an un-branched flow of water, whereby the flow of oil is directed to a remote oil cooler and the entirety of the flow of water in the bypass water passage is discharged back to the water cooling system of the engine without passing through an oil cooling or water cooling heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Neal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Neal, Kennieth Neal