Radiator Or Condenser Source Patents (Class 123/41.1)
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Patent number: 12228136Abstract: Disclosed is a motor (14) for a ventilation device (10) of a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, comprising a base (34) for mounting the motor (14) on a support (16); a stator (22); a rotor (20) comprising a shaft (30); at least one bearing (74; 80) around the shaft (30) of the rotor (20); and a decoupling ring (58). The decoupling ring (58) comprises an outer part (60) secured to the mounting base (34), an inner part (62) secured to the stator (22) and forming a recess (72; 76) for receiving the bearing (74; 80) around the shaft (30) of the rotor (20), and elastomer material (64) between the inner part (62) and the outer part (60).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Benjamin Rapp, Maurad Berkouk
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Patent number: 12222737Abstract: An expansion material element (1) for a thermostatic mixing valve (2), having an expansion material (3) comprising at least one additive (4) from the group below: synthetic graphite, highly conductive graphite having a thermal conductivity of at least 350W/(m×K), boronnitride; a thermostatic mixing valve (2) having such an expansion material element (1); and a sanitary faucet (8) having such a thermostatic mixing valve (2).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: GROHE AGInventors: Ole Benedikt Kostorz, Björn Riedel, Jens Reunert
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Patent number: 12203426Abstract: A method of operating a fan for an air-cooled internal combustion engine includes starting the air-cooled internal combustion engine, operating the fan in a first operating mode in which the fan rotates in a first direction, and operating the fan in a second operating mode in which the fan rotates in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLCInventors: Ryan A. Sullivan, Gary S. Johnson
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Patent number: 12188398Abstract: A thermal management and control method includes: determining a total target amount of to-be-dissipated heat of an engine based on a minimum engine fuel consumption lookup table when a current temperature of the engine is greater than or equal to a temperature threshold and an opening degree of the thermostat is greater than or equal to an opening degree threshold; querying a minimum thermal management system power consumption lookup table based on the total target amount of to-be-dissipated heat, an air inlet speed of an air-cooling radiator, and a current ambient temperature, and determining a target rotation speed of a water pump and a target rotation speed of the air-cooling radiator; and controlling a rotation speed of the water pump to be the target rotation speed of the water pump, and controlling a rotation speed of the air-cooling radiator to be the target rotation speed of the air-cooling radiator.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Futang Zhu, Chunsheng Wang, Qiuping Huang
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Patent number: 12092014Abstract: This thermostat device is provided with a housing, a thermo element that moves in an axial direction in accordance with the temperature of a coolant, a valve body that is caused by the movement of the thermo element to move toward and away from a valve seat provided to the inner side of the housing and open and close a communication section between a first flow-through port and a second flow-through port, and a biasing member that biases the valve body toward the valve seat. The housing is provided with a main body section, a first housing member having the first flow-through port and the second flow-through port, and a second housing member that has the third flow-through port and that is fastened to the first housing member by rotating in a circumferential direction in relation to the first housing member.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kumashiro
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Patent number: 12065021Abstract: A vapor cycle refrigeration system for an aircraft comprises a compressor, a condenser unit with a condenser radiator, a condenser fan and a condenser air duct configured to direct a stream of air generated by the condenser fan through the condenser radiator, an expansion device, an evaporator unit with an evaporator radiator, an evaporator fan and an evaporator air duct configured to direct a stream of air generated by the evaporator fan through the evaporator radiator, and a piping system connecting the compressor, the condenser radiator, the expansion device and the evaporator radiator in a closed circuit for a refrigerant, wherein each of the compressor, the condenser radiator, the condenser fan, the expansion device, the evaporator radiator, the evaporator fan and the piping system is fully supported directly or indirectly by at least one of the condenser air duct and the evaporator air duct such that the system is self-supporting.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbHInventors: Alfred Gaile, Axel Dietrich
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Patent number: 12025205Abstract: A damper comprises a pressure tube extending longitudinally between a first pressure tube end and a second pressure tube end, a piston arranged in sliding engagement inside the pressure tube, a piston rod coupled to the piston, a hydraulic rebound stop positioned in a first working chamber and including a sealing ring circumferentially extending around the piston rod and within the pressure tube. The sealing ring at least partially defining a high-pressure region within the pressure tube during a rebound stroke the damper further comprising a pressure relief valve in fluid communication with the high-pressure region. The pressure relief valve being operable to allow pressurized fluid from the high-pressure region to pass therethrough once a predefined pressure threshold has been reached.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: DRiV Automotive Inc.Inventor: Matthew L. Roessle
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Patent number: 11982220Abstract: Provided is a thermos-valve connecting body with which attachment work is simplified by integrating a plurality of thermos-valves. The thermos-valve includes: a housing; a thermos-element that includes a temperature-sensing unit that senses the temperature of a coolant, that opens and closes one flow path in accordance with the temperature of the coolant, and that is housed inside the housing; and a connecting part formed on the housing and attached to another thermos-valve. The thermos-valve connecting body enables one thermos-valve to be attached to a connecting part of the other thermos-valve by the connecting part formed on the housing, and the one thermos-valve and the other thermos-valve to be formed integrally.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventor: Noriyasu Yajima
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Patent number: 11975602Abstract: An engine includes an engine water jacket, a water pump and a thermostat assembly. The engine water jacket, the thermostat assembly and the water pump are connected to form a circulation passage. The thermostat assembly is connected between the engine water jacket and the water pump. The engine water jacket includes a cylinder head water jacket and a cylinder block water jacket. The thermostat assembly is configured to enable the coolant to enter the cylinder head water jacket of the cylinder head water jacket and the cylinder block water jacket upon cold start.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jing Liu, Nan Zhang, Shiyi Pan, Fanchao Meng, Mingliang Liu
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Patent number: 11936274Abstract: The present invention discloses an adaptive cooling allocation system for multiple motors and a junction motor assembly. The key points of the technical solution comprise: a plurality of cooling groups, wherein each cooling group comprises a motor and a regulating valve, a cooling channel is arranged in the motor, a liquid inlet channel and a liquid outlet channel are arranged in the regulating valve, respectively, and an outlet end of the liquid inlet channel communicates with an inlet end of the cooling channel; and a main liquid inlet channel, wherein inlet ends of the plurality of liquid inlet channels communicate with the main liquid inlet channel, respectively; a regulating channel is also arranged in the regulating valve; a valve block is arranged in the regulating channel, and extends into the liquid inlet channel, so that a regulating hole is formed between the valve block and the liquid inlet channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Suzhou Inn-Mag New Energy Ltd.Inventors: Ruilin Pei, Xiangyan He, Yueshun Yuan, Zhi Wang, Xuejie Zheng, Lubin Zeng
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Patent number: 11898486Abstract: This disclosure relates to improved water pump assemblies and related methods. The water pump assemblies can include pre-mounted fasteners and gaskets to facilitate easy installation or reinstallation of the water pump assemblies. The water pump assemblies further can include a temperature-control valve assembly positioned within a housing of the water pump assembly. The water pump assembly can include a variety of other pre-installed components. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventors: Brian David Wiland, Brent Adam Berman
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Patent number: 11885255Abstract: A multiport valve, having a housing having at least two connectors, a control element for blocking at least one of the connectors, the control element disposed to be rotatable in a recess of the housing. An external contour of the control element has a compression portion which in at least one first position of the control element compresses a first seal disposed on a first one of the connectors. The external contour of the control element has a decompression portion that has a smaller radius than the compression portion and in at least one further position of the control element lies opposite the first seal such that the control element compresses the first seal to a lesser extent than in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Alexandru Popa, Daniel-Marius Pop, George Plaeru, Cosmin Ion Belin
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Patent number: 11867113Abstract: A generator set configured to provide an electrical output to an external electrical load. The generator set includes an engine configured to drive an electric generator, the engine including an engine block, where the electric generator is configured to couple to the external electrical load. The generator set includes a heating system in fluid communication with the engine block, the heating system including an electric fluid heater, where the electric jacket fluid includes a resistive load configured to supplement the external electrical load. The generator set includes a control system for: monitoring a first parameter of the engine; generating a first control signal in response to the first parameter being less than a first threshold; and increasing the external electrical load by turning on the electric fluid heater in response to the first control signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Abhishek K Mishra, Rajaram Namachivayam, Paul W Fraysure, III, Gareth Osborne, William R English, Christopher J Worrall
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Patent number: 11846473Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a valve. In one example, a system may include a cooling arrangement including the valve, wherein the valve is configured to variably adjust coolant flow rates in response to one or more of a coolant temperature and a charge air pressure. The valve includes a transmission pin which may be acted upon via an expansion element and/or a pressure actuator.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Antonio Farina, Jan Mehring, Stefan Quiring
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Patent number: 11808522Abstract: A reserve tank includes a plurality of chambers, including a first chamber, a second chamber, and at least one intermediate chamber, a first inflow port connected to the first chamber, a first outflow port connected to the first chamber, a second inflow port connected to the second chamber, a second outflow port connected to the second chamber, and a plurality of partition walls separating the chambers. Each of the partition walls is provided with a corresponding one of a plurality of refrigerant flow ports. A specific refrigerant flow port includes a first through hole and a second through hole that pass through a specific partition wall and are separated from each other. The specific refrigerant flow port being a refrigerant flow port provided in the specific partition wall among the partition walls.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Nishioka, Hironobu Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11808200Abstract: An engine system is provided, including an engine having a water jacket, a circulation system that circulates coolant through the water jacket, and a controller. The circulation system includes a radiator passage including a heat exchanger, a bypass passage bypassing the heat exchanger, a flow rate control device, and a thermally-actuated valve connected to the radiator passage and that opens to allow the coolant to pass through the heat exchanger. When an engine load is below a first load, the controller controls the flow rate control device to adjust the coolant flow rate flowing through the water jacket according to the load, by closing the radiator passage and adjusting the coolant flow rate flowing through the bypass passage. When the load is above the first load, the controller controls the flow rate control device so that the coolant flows through each of the radiator passage and the bypass passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Haruki Misumi, Takuma Yamagaki
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Patent number: 11781468Abstract: A thermostat is provided at a connection portion between a cooling water supply passage and a bypass passage. When the temperature of the cooling water lies in a low temperature range lower than a first reference temperature, the thermostat allows introduction of the cooling water from the cooling water discharge passage into the cooling water supply passage via the bypass passage and also prevents introduction of the cooling water from the radiator into the engine via the cooling water supply passage. When the temperature of the cooling water lies in a high temperature range equal to or higher than a second reference temperature which is higher than the first reference temperature, the thermostat allows introduction of the cooling water from the radiator into the engine via the cooling water supply passage and also prevents introduction of the cooling water from the cooling water discharge passage into the cooling water supply passage via the bypass passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventor: Kazuhiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 11714410Abstract: A vehicle driving system that controls switching between automatic driving by a vehicle and manual driving by a driver of the vehicle includes a temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature of an automatic driving ECU which controls the automatic driving; and a microcontroller configured to: (i) set a threshold temperature based on an estimated gradient of increase in the temperature of the automatic driving ECU, the estimated gradient of increase being estimated based on a drive state of an equipment installed on the vehicle, and (ii) in a case where the temperature of the automatic driving ECU that is sensed by the temperature sensor becomes equal to or greater than the threshold temperature, perform an operation for prompting the driver to switch to the manual driving during the automatic driving.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hirokazu Sakata
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Patent number: 11680510Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cooling device includes a first passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating a coolant, a second passage connected to the internal combustion engine and circulating the coolant, a heat exchanger provided on the first passage and configured such that heat exchange is performed with respect to the coolant, a first pump provided on the first passage, a second pump provided on the second passage and an electronic control unit controlling the first pump and the second pump. The electronic control unit, when a temperature of the coolant is no lower than a predetermined temperature, drives the first pump such that a flow rate of the coolant in the first passage increases as compared to when the temperature of the coolant is lower than the predetermined temperature, and performs first control of stopping the second pump.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Noboru Takagi, Shoichi Akiyama, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masazumi Yoshida, Ryusuke Sasaki, Masahiro Kuroki, Koki Fukuta
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Patent number: 11670986Abstract: A cooling system includes: a coolant circuit through which a coolant for cooling an electric motor and electrical equipment circulates; a pump that feeds the coolant; and a degas tank that separates the bubbles from the coolant. The coolant circuit connects the devices in series. The degas tank is disposed at an upper stage, a first device as at least one of the electric motor, the electrical equipment, and the pump is disposed at a lower stage, and a remaining second device is disposed at a position that is above the lower stage and is as high as the degas tank or lower than the degas tank. The coolant circuit connects the degas tank, the second device, and the first device in this order, and the coolant flows in this order.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Tatsunori Kiyomihara, Hirosato Izumi, Naoki Nagano, Hirotaka Kitaoka
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Patent number: 11661883Abstract: A heat management system of the present invention comprises: a coolant heater for heating coolant; a first coolant pump which is connected to a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant heater to pump the coolant and is coupled to the coolant heater; and a second coolant pump which is connected to a battery side to pump the coolant and is coupled to the coolant heater, wherein the coolant heater, the first coolant pump, and the second coolant pump are arranged in an engine room of a vehicle. Thus, a loss of coolant pressure can be reduced in a pipe which connects components constituting a coolant system of the vehicle, such that the performance of the system is improved and noise and vibration in the interior of the vehicle may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: In-Guk Hwang, Seong Hun Kim, Hae-Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11585263Abstract: A vehicle has a hybrid drive including an internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor. The hybrid drive has a charging device for generating an air flow. A charge air path guides the air flow from the charging device to the internal combustion engine. A charge air cooler is arranged in the charge air path between the charging device and the internal combustion engine. The hybrid drive has an electric battery for supplying electric power to the at least one electric motor. The effort involved in cooling the battery is reduced if the battery is incorporated into the charge air path between the charge air cooler and the internal combustion engine in such a way that the air flow can flow through and/or around it.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Michael Englmeier
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Patent number: 11557404Abstract: A nanofuel engine including receiving nanofuel (including a molecular mixture, where the molecular mixture includes at least one molecule with dimensions on a nanometer scale) internally in an internal engine that releases nuclear energy, is set forth. A nanofuel chemical composition of fissile fuel, passive agent, and moderator. A method of operating a nanofuel engine loaded with nanofuel in spark or compression ignition mode. A method of cycling a nanofuel engine, including compressing nanofuel; igniting nanofuel; capturing energy released in nanofuel, which is also the working fluid; and using the working fluid to perform mechanical work or generate heat.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Global Energy Research Associates, LLCInventor: Mark Lloyd Adams
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Patent number: 11549428Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a valve for controlling the flow of a fluid medium in a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine. The valve is configured to react to the temperature of the coolant via an expansion element and to the charge pressure in the intake tract via a pressure-sensitive actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Jan Mehring
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Patent number: 11542854Abstract: An engine control apparatus and an engine control method for a vehicle are disclosed. The engine control apparatus includes: an integrated thermal management valve in which an opening degree of a plurality of valves is adjusted by rotation of a cam; a storage to store an opening degree of the integrated thermal management valve based on a road slope and a transmission gear value; and a controller that controls the opening degree of the integrated thermal management valve by using an engine revolutions per minute (RPM) and an accelerator pedal value. In particular, when the accelerator pedal value is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the controller controls the opening degree of the integrated thermal management valve based on the road slope and the transmission gear value.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Ho Lee, Gun Ku Lee
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Patent number: 11525385Abstract: A passive diverter fitting for a cooling system of an engine includes a base defining an interior cavity, an inlet opening extending through the base that is in fluid communication with the interior cavity, an outlet opening that is in fluid communication with the interior cavity, and a bypass opening that is in fluid communication with the interior cavity. The base is configured to be removably disposed in a cavity of an engine block. The inlet opening is positioned to receive coolant when the passive diverter fitting is disposed in the cavity of the engine block. The outlet opening is in fluid communication with the area exterior to the engine block when the passive diverter fitting is disposed in the cavity of the engine block. The bypass opening is in fluid communication with an interior coolant passage of the engine block when the passive diverter fitting is disposed in the cavity of the engine block.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Allen Yao Chen, Aaron Gary Heintz, Jason Lee Van Farowe, Thomas L. Atwell, Scott R. Schuricht, Lance Clay Barke, Phani Chandar Reddy Konatham, Vijaya Krishna Dara
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Patent number: 11525387Abstract: A cooling system of a hybrid vehicle include an engine, a drive motor, a main water pump, a cooling line, a heat-exchange line, a heater line on which a heater and an exhaust heat recovery device are provided, a coolant control valve unit selectively supplying coolant to the cooling line, the heat-exchange line and the heater line, a bypass line connecting the rear of the exhaust heat recovery device and the front of the heater, an auxiliary water pump that selectively supplies coolant from the exhaust heat recovery device to the front of the heater, a state measurement unit that measures an operation state of the vehicle and outputs a corresponding signal, and a controller configured for controlling operation of the engine, the drive motor, the main water pump, the coolant control valve unit and the auxiliary water pump according to the output signal of the state measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Junghoon Park, Jae Man Cho, Kyounghee Kim, WonGi Lee
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Patent number: 11485196Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle may include at least two indirect heat exchangers through each of which both water and air is flowable. The water and the air may be fluidically separated from one another such that heat is transferable therebetween. The system may also include a warm water supply, a cold water supply, and at least two temperature-control devices each including a respective indirect heat exchanger of the at least two indirect heat exchangers. The warm and/or cold water supply may be in fluid communication with the at least two indirect heat exchangers. At least one indirect heat exchanger of the at least two indirect heat exchangers may communicate with the warm water supply and the cold water supply via an adjustable and controllable valve device such that a mixing ratio of a mixture of the warm water and the cold water introduced therein is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventors: Dirk Bertsche, Matthias Jung, Holger Laux, Sascha Lindauer, Oliver Schultze
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Patent number: 11480093Abstract: A valve for a fluid system of a vehicle having a valve housing with valve housing openings, a valve body arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, a valve seal, a valve drive, and a plurality of connecting pieces corresponding to the valve housing openings. The connecting pieces have a circular flow passage area in cross section at a free end of the respective connecting piece, and the valve housing openings, corresponding to the connecting pieces, each have a substantially rectangular cross section. The respective valve housing opening is larger than the flow passage area at the free end of the corresponding connecting piece, and the flow passage areas of the connecting pieces widen in a diffuser-like manner from the free end of the respective connecting piece to the respective corresponding valve housing opening and merge in a stepless manner into the respective valve housing opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Frank Bewermeyer, Benjamin Grothe, Dominik Niess, Sebastian Tiemeyer, Finn Malte Fischer
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Patent number: 11448116Abstract: A multiport valve for controlling a fluid flow in a fluid circuit, such as a cooling fluid circuit of a motor vehicle, may include a valve housing having at least three fluid connections and a rotary slide for setting the fluid flow. The rotary slide includes at least two fluid channels and is configured to connect two respective fluid connections fluidly via one fluid channel dependent upon its rotary position in relation to its rotational axis. The at least three fluid connections and the at least two fluid channels overlap in relation to a crosswise direction oriented crosswise relative to the rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: WOCO Industrietechnik GmbHInventors: Eberhard Geiβel, Torsten Hofmann, Martin Heldmann
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Patent number: 11441690Abstract: A valve device includes: a housing having a cylindrical internal peripheral wall; a fluid introduction path communicating with a space in the internal peripheral wall; a fluid discharge path communicating with the space in the internal peripheral wall; a valve element having a communication path bringing the fluid introduction and fluid discharge paths into communication with each other, and having a major radial portion formed with a predetermined first internal radius associated with an internal radius of the internal peripheral wall of the housing, a minor radial portion formed with a second internal radius, and an intermediate portion formed to join the major and minor radial portions together; a valve element rotation mechanism rotating the valve element inside the space; a seal member being able to contact the valve element rotating inside the space; and a shaft inserted in the space through a through-hole formed in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Maruyama, Masafumi Yoshida, Naoki Emori, Naoto Yumisashi
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Patent number: 11434810Abstract: A system includes a coolant pump and a first rotary valve. The coolant pump is configured to be mechanically driven by an engine and to send coolant to an inlet of the engine. The first rotary valve is configured to receive coolant from an outlet of the engine and to send coolant to a first radiator and a heater core. The first rotary valve is adjustable to a zero flow position to prevent coolant flow to the first radiator and the heater core and thereby increase a rate at which the engine warms coolant flowing therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Michael A. Smith, Eugene V. Gonze, Daniel L. Molnar, Sergio Quelhas
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Patent number: 11428148Abstract: The invention relates to a tank used in an engine cooling system, the engine cooling system, and a work machine. The tank includes a housing and a partition which dividing the housing into an exhaust tank and an expansion tank which are sealed from each other. The exhaust tank includes a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe, the first connecting pipe being adapted to be fluidly connected to an engine cylinder jacket of the engine cooling system to introduce coolant into the exhaust tank, and the second connecting pipe being adapted to be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger of the engine cooling system to discharge the coolant into the heat exchanger. The expansion tank includes a third connecting pipe adapted to be fluidly connected to the engine cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar SARLInventors: Li Dong, Guoping Tian, Gengxin Liu, Kesheng Xu
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Patent number: 11421790Abstract: A coolant control ball valve assembly comprises a housing that includes a housing chamber. The coolant control ball valve assembly further comprises a channel and a plurality of ports that extend from the housing chamber, and a valve element positioned in line with the channel and the plurality of ports. Additionally, the coolant control ball valve assembly comprises an actuator assembly in communication with the valve element. The actuator assembly includes an expansion element, and linear translation of the actuator assembly results in rotational translation of the valve element. Further, the coolant control ball valve comprises a flow diverter positioned adjacent the valve element. The flow diverter allows for coolant to reach a minimum velocity around the expansion element.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Chaemoon Lee, Joseph Davis, Jason Trotter
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Patent number: 11413951Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle coolant circuit. In one example, the coolant circuit includes a heater core isolation valve (HCIV) where a status of the HCIV may be diagnosed by intrusively activating a positive temperature coefficient heater in a cooling loop in which the HCIV is arranged. A response of coolant temperature to heater activation may be used to determine a position of the HCIV.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sridhar Kalivarapu, Robert Roy Jentz, Athira Vilson, Herbert Thomas Meissner, Sitaram Rejeti
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Patent number: 11408328Abstract: An engine cooling apparatus configured to circulate cooling water between an engine and a radiator is provided. A cylinder is provided on an upper part of a crankcase in the engine and the radiator is configured to radiate heat of the cooling water that has passed through the engine. The engine cooling apparatus includes a water pump configured to eject cooling water toward the engine, and a thermostat configured to send cooling water to the radiator in response to a cooling water temperature. The water pump is attached to the crankcase from an outside in a vehicle width direction. The thermostat is attached to the water pump from an inside in the vehicle width direction. The thermostat overlaps the crankcase in a front view of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiko Tayama
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Patent number: 11401856Abstract: A pump device for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine of a commercial or motor vehicle includes two electric pumps in parallel, each of which includes a switchable backflow valve in a suction line, so that the electric pumps can be operated selectively individually or in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: NIDEC GPM GMBHInventor: Franz Pawellek
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Patent number: 11396948Abstract: A valve, comprising: a housing, a holder, a first valve body, a bearing, and a second valve body. The housing comprises a first housing part, a second housing part, and a neck connecting the first housing part and the second housing part, a first valve body cavity is formed in the first housing part. The holder is provided in the second housing part, the holder and the second housing part together form a second valve body cavity and a pump cavity, the holder and the neck together form a bearing accommodating part for enabling the first valve body cavity to be in fluid communication with the pump cavity. At the bearing accommodating part defined by the holder and the neck, a limiter is provided, the limiter extends towards the bearing, the bearing has a receiving part, and the limiter cooperates with the receiving part to restrict movement of the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Jionghua Li, Yuhang Zeng, Yue Ma
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Patent number: 11384680Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media provide a cooling component including an underbody wheel well fan that is installed in proximity to the wheel well at each side of the front wheels. Specifically, an apparatus for vehicle radiator cooling control is provided, including a first suction component disposed in proximity to a first wheel well at a first side of a vehicle, a first tube component having a first end connected to the first suction component and a second end extended to a direction towards a back of the vehicle, and a first fan component connected to the second end of the first tube component.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Woven Planet North America, Inc.Inventors: Lakshmaiah Brahmasani, Steven Son Khau, Steve Sichi Chen, Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, David Timothy Milton
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Patent number: 11327484Abstract: The vehicle driving system capable of performing control of switching between automatic driving by a vehicle and manual driving by a driver, includes: a temperature monitoring section configured to monitor a temperature of an automatic driving ECU which controls the automatic driving; and a control section configured to control, on the basis of the temperature of the automatic driving ECU, an operation for prompting the driver to perform the switching to the manual driving during the automatic driving.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hirokazu Sakata
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Patent number: 11312227Abstract: To suppress cooling performance from being degraded by bubbles in a coolant in a cooling system for an electric drive vehicle, the cooling system includes: a first coolant circuit through which the coolant for cooling an electric motor and electrical equipment circulates; a first pump that is connected to the first coolant circuit and feeds the coolant; and a first degas tank that is connected to the first coolant circuit and separates the bubbles from the coolant. The first coolant circuit connects the electric motor, the electrical equipment, the first pump, and the first degas tank in series. The first pump and the electric motor are connected in a manner to be sequentially aligned in the first coolant circuit. The coolant flows from the first pump to the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Tatsunori Kiyomihara, Hirosato Izumi, Naoki Nagano, Hirotaka Kitaoka
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Patent number: 11305637Abstract: A vehicle cooling system includes a circulation flow path section which has a first flow path section and a second flow path section, and a solenoid valve which can switch between an open state in which the first flow path section and the second flow path section are connected and a closed state in which the first flow path section and the second flow path section are blocked. The circulation flow path section includes a valve body accommodating section configured to include a first accommodating section and a second accommodating section which connects the first flow path section and the second flow path section in the open state, and a connection flow path section whose one end is connected to the first flow path section. The other end of the connection flow path section opens to the first accommodating section.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hiraoka, Tomoya Ozawa, Takashi Asai, Daisuke Murata, Keita Kobayashi, Tomohiro Yasuda, Kenro Takahashi
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Patent number: 11285778Abstract: The housing includes fastening parts formed integrally with the housing main body and fastening holes formed in correspondence with the fastening parts. The housing main body is fixed to a heating element with fastening members passed through the fastening holes and screwed to the heating element. The fastening holes include at least three fastening holes. The opening of an inlet port is formed inside a triangle that is formed by connecting the three fastening holes.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Shogo Kanzaki
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Patent number: 11280251Abstract: Processing circuitry of an in-vehicle cooling system regulates the flow rate of the coolant passing through a radiator, thereby regulating the coolant temperature to a target coolant temperature. The processing circuitry sets the target coolant temperature to a specified standard target coolant temperature when the engine is not operating in a specified temperature increase permitting range, and sets the target coolant temperature to a high target coolant temperature, which is higher than the standard target coolant temperature, when the engine is operating in the temperature increase permitting range. The processing circuitry changes the target coolant temperature in the temperature increase permitting range to a temperature lower than the high target coolant temperature and higher than or equal to the standard target coolant temperature, when the hydraulic oil temperature is higher than or equal to a specified temperature increase suppressing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisaku Morishita, Hirokazu Andoh, Kazuki Kato
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Patent number: 11220931Abstract: A cooling system includes a first circuit (A) configured to cool a combustion engine (2) and a second circuit (B) configured to cool a condenser (19) in a WHR system. The second circuit (B) has a second radiator (16), a first inlet opening (B1i) at which the second circuit (B) receives a coolant from a first position of the first circuit (A), a condenser inlet line (18) configured to direct coolant to the condenser (19) and an outlet opening (Bo) at which the coolant is directed back to the first circuit (A). The second circuit (B) further has a second radiator bypass line (14) directing coolant past the second radiator (16), and a second valve device (13, 13?) configured to distribute the coolant between the second radiator (16) and the second radiator bypass line (14) such that a coolant mixture is received in the condenser inlet line (18) which is able to cool the working medium in the condenser (19) to a desired condensation temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Thomas Sederholm
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Patent number: 11215108Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel high-low temperature radiator for internal combustion engine engineering machinery, which is provided with a water inlet pipe, a water inlet chamber, a radiator core body, a water outlet chamber, a water separation plate and a water outlet pipe which are sequentially communicated, the water inlet pipe is communicated with the water inlet chamber, and the water inlet chamber is communicated with the radiator core body; the radiator core body is divided into two parts: a radiator low-temperature core body and a radiator high-temperature core body; the water outlet chamber is divided into two parts: a low-temperature water outlet chamber and a high-temperature water outlet chamber, and the water outlet pipe is divided into a low-temperature water outlet pipe and a high-temperature water outlet pipe according to the core body and the water chamber from which the cooling liquid flows.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Qingdao Auto Radiator Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dengfeng Wang, Qiaoguang Sui, Xiaodong Feng
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Patent number: 11149679Abstract: An internal combustion engine having an engine block and one or more cylinder heads. The engine block houses a plurality of cylinder liners and includes a cylinder liner coolant jacket below an upper planar surface of the engine block and in fluid communication with the plurality of cylinder liners. The one or more cylinder heads are attached to the upper planar surface of the engine block and each of the one or more cylinder heads including one or more cylinder head coolant jackets and one or more downward coolant passages extending from the one or more cylinder head coolant jackets to the cylinder liner coolant jacket for delivering coolant from the one or more cylinder head coolant jackets to the cylinder liner coolant jacket.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Allen Yao Chen, Aaron Gary Heintz, Jason Lee Van Farowe, Thomas L. Atwell, David L. Lueders, John W. Milem, Phani Chandar Reddy Konatham, Suresh Babu Chennagowni, Khairul Hassan, Parthipan Subramanian
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Patent number: 11136908Abstract: A lubrication circuit for a gas turbine engine comprises a heat exchanger having an inlet pipe which carries a flow of lubricant to the heat exchanger; a heater configured to heat lubricant to produce a flow of heated lubricant to be provided to the heat exchanger; and a sensor operable to measure a measured parameter from which it can be determined whether the lubricant requires heating.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LIMITEDInventor: John McCormick
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Patent number: 11125185Abstract: There is disclosed an engine assembly for an aircraft, including: a combustion engine including a coolant circuit in heat exchange relationship with a heat sink, the heat sink including a heat exchanger and at least one component, the at least one component having a main function that differs from thermal exchange. A method of operating the system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: PRATT & WHIINEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Sebastien Bergeron, Etienne Plamondon, Andre Julien
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Patent number: 11125174Abstract: Systems and methods for simultaneously performing engine coolant stagnation and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler cooling in an engine include providing a coolant circuit configured to flow coolant through both a block of the engine and an EGR cooler of a cooled EGR (CEGR) system of the engine, a main pump on the coolant circuit that is driven by an electric motor or a crankshaft of the engine to pump coolant through a block of the engine, and a secondary pump on the coolant circuit that, when energized, is configured to pump coolant through the coolant circuit, and, during a cold start of the engine, de-energizing the electric motor or disconnecting the main pump from the engine crankshaft to stagnate coolant in the engine block and energizing the secondary pump to flow coolant through the EGR cooler of the CEGR system.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Gregory P Prior, Daniel E Hornback, Emily Perkins-Harbin, Shreyas Dhond