Abstract: A coolant routing system for a vehicle having a plurality of coolant circuits, for instance an electric drive vehicle. A coolant tank stores a coolant, and a coolant manifold assembly has a plurality of coolant tubes that are each configured to form a part of one of the coolant circuits. At least one coolant pump is configured to pump the coolant into at least one coolant circuit. A coupling device is configured to introduce the coolant from the coolant tank into the coolant circuits. The coupling device is formed at least in part by a wall of the coolant tank and is coupled to both the at least one coolant pump and the coolant manifold assembly so that coolant can be exchanged between an interior of the coupling device and the at least one coolant pump and between the interior of the coupling device and the coolant manifold assembly.

Abstract: A system and method for designing components through the use of a computer having a computer aided design (CAD) software enables a reduction in the occurrence of infinite looping. The method includes the step of identifying common areas between the components, wherein the components have a three-dimensional relationship through the use of the computer. Another step includes traversing the common areas with at least one parallel division plane through the use of the computer and trimming the component to the at least one parallel division plane. Yet another step includes storing the component in the computer memory as a first product layout and a second product layout. The method further includes integrating the first and second product layouts through the use of an architectural layout function thereby reducing the occurrence of infinite looping by the CAD software.

Abstract: A system and method for designing components through the use of a computer having a computer aided design (CAD) software enables a reduction in the occurrence of infinite looping. The method includes the step of identifying common areas between the components, wherein the components have a three-dimensional relationship through the use of the computer. Another step includes traversing the common areas with at least one parallel division plane through the use of the computer and trimming the component to the at least one parallel division plane. Yet another step includes storing the component in the computer memory as a first product layout and a second product layout. The method further includes integrating the first and second product layouts through the use of an architectural layout function thereby reducing the occurrence of infinite looping by the CAD software.