Patents by Inventor Sebastiaan Lambertus van den Heuvel

Sebastiaan Lambertus van den Heuvel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for an internal combustion engine with liquid-cooled cylinder head and liquid-cooled cylinder block
    Patent number: 9500115
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for separately providing liquid-cooling to a cylinder head and a cylinder block. In one example, a method includes selectively pumping coolant with a single pump to each of a first cylinder head coolant jacket and a cylinder block coolant jacket based on engine temperatures. The method further includes discharging coolant from the first cylinder head coolant jacket to a heating circuit line including a vehicle interior heater and discharging coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket and back to the single pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Sebastiaan Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wilbert Hemink, Jan Mehring, Anselm Hopf, Klaus-Peter Heinig
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH LIQUID-COOLED CYLINDER HEAD AND LIQUID-COOLED CYLINDER BLOCK
    Publication number: 20140245975
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for separately providing liquid-cooling to a cylinder head and a cylinder block. In one example, a method includes selectively pumping coolant with a single pump to each of a first cylinder head coolant jacket and a cylinder block coolant jacket based on engine temperatures. The method further includes discharging coolant from the first cylinder head coolant jacket to a heating circuit line including a vehicle interior heater and discharging coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket and back to the single pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Sebastiaan Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wilbert Hemink, Jan Mehring, Anselm Hopf, Klaus-Peter Heinig