Radiator Or Condenser Source Patents (Class 123/41.1)
  • Patent number: 11936274
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Suzhou Inn-Mag New Energy Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruilin Pei, Xiangyan He, Yueshun Yuan, Zhi Wang, Xuejie Zheng, Lubin Zeng
  • Patent number: 11898486
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Brian David Wiland, Brent Adam Berman
  • Patent number: 11885255
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Alexandru Popa, Daniel-Marius Pop, George Plaeru, Cosmin Ion Belin
  • Patent number: 11867113
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek K Mishra, Rajaram Namachivayam, Paul W Fraysure, III, Gareth Osborne, William R English, Christopher J Worrall
  • Patent number: 11846473
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Antonio Farina, Jan Mehring, Stefan Quiring
  • Patent number: 11808200
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Misumi, Takuma Yamagaki
  • Patent number: 11808522
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Nishioka, Hironobu Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11781468
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11714410
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sakata
  • Patent number: 11680510
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Shoichi Akiyama, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masazumi Yoshida, Ryusuke Sasaki, Masahiro Kuroki, Koki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11670986
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunori Kiyomihara, Hirosato Izumi, Naoki Nagano, Hirotaka Kitaoka
  • Patent number: 11661883
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: In-Guk Hwang, Seong Hun Kim, Hae-Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11585263
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Englmeier
  • Patent number: 11557404
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Global Energy Research Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Lloyd Adams
  • Patent number: 11549428
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Jan Mehring
  • Patent number: 11542854
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Ho Lee, Gun Ku Lee
  • Patent number: 11525385
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11525387
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junghoon Park, Jae Man Cho, Kyounghee Kim, WonGi Lee
  • Patent number: 11485196
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk Bertsche, Matthias Jung, Holger Laux, Sascha Lindauer, Oliver Schultze
  • Patent number: 11480093
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Bewermeyer, Benjamin Grothe, Dominik Niess, Sebastian Tiemeyer, Finn Malte Fischer
  • Patent number: 11448116
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: WOCO Industrietechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Geiβel, Torsten Hofmann, Martin Heldmann
  • Patent number: 11441690
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Maruyama, Masafumi Yoshida, Naoki Emori, Naoto Yumisashi
  • Patent number: 11434810
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Smith, Eugene V. Gonze, Daniel L. Molnar, Sergio Quelhas
  • Patent number: 11428148
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Li Dong, Guoping Tian, Gengxin Liu, Kesheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11421790
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Chaemoon Lee, Joseph Davis, Jason Trotter
  • Patent number: 11413951
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sridhar Kalivarapu, Robert Roy Jentz, Athira Vilson, Herbert Thomas Meissner, Sitaram Rejeti
  • Patent number: 11408328
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiko Tayama
  • Patent number: 11401856
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventor: Franz Pawellek
  • Patent number: 11396948
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jionghua Li, Yuhang Zeng, Yue Ma
  • Patent number: 11384680
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Woven Planet North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmaiah Brahmasani, Steven Son Khau, Steve Sichi Chen, Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, David Timothy Milton
  • Patent number: 11327484
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sakata
  • Patent number: 11312227
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunori Kiyomihara, Hirosato Izumi, Naoki Nagano, Hirotaka Kitaoka
  • Patent number: 11305637
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hiraoka, Tomoya Ozawa, Takashi Asai, Daisuke Murata, Keita Kobayashi, Tomohiro Yasuda, Kenro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11285778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shogo Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11280251
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisaku Morishita, Hirokazu Andoh, Kazuki Kato
  • Patent number: 11220931
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Thomas Sederholm
  • Patent number: 11215108
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Qingdao Auto Radiator Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dengfeng Wang, Qiaoguang Sui, Xiaodong Feng
  • Patent number: 11149679
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11136908
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LIMITED
    Inventor: John McCormick
  • Patent number: 11125145
    Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle has a first cooling circuit, in which a first pressure prevails, and a second cooling circuit, in which a second pressure prevails. The first cooling circuit and the second cooling circuit share a common equalizing container for ventilating. The cooling system has a passive element that separates the first cooling circuit from the second cooling circuit if the first pressure is lower than the second pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Miroslaw Oslislok, Tom Werner, Tim Bouc
  • Patent number: 11125174
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Gregory P Prior, Daniel E Hornback, Emily Perkins-Harbin, Shreyas Dhond
  • Patent number: 11125185
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHIINEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Sebastien Bergeron, Etienne Plamondon, Andre Julien
  • Patent number: 11092063
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a pre-chamber. In one example, a system comprises flowing a mixture of coolants to a coolant chamber of the pre-chamber. Additionally or alternatively, only one coolant may be directed to the coolant chamber during some conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Karl Bidner, Ronald Richard Semel, Waqas Ahmed Manzoor
  • Patent number: 11067031
    Abstract: A cylinder head includes: a plurality of exhaust ports configured to lead out exhaust gas from combustion chambers; a plurality of intake ports configured to introduce fresh air into the combustion chambers; an intake air aggregate part configured to aggregate the plurality of intake ports; and a second EGR pipe in which EGR gas flows, wherein exhaust outlets of the plurality of exhaust ports and an EGR gas inlet of the second EGR pipe are arranged side-by-side on a flat left side surface, and a fresh air inlet of the intake air aggregate part and an EGR gas outlet of the second EGR pipe are arranged side-by-side on a flat right side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kitagawa, Masahiro Akei
  • Patent number: 11053893
    Abstract: A cooling system CS according to one aspect of the present invention is provided with: a first cooling circuit C1 which is provided with a first cooling means 54 and in which cooling water can circulate; a second cooling circuit C2 which is provided with a second cooling means 64 and in which cooling water for cooling an engine body 12 can circulate; and an EGR cooler 46 configured to cool an EGR gas. The EGR cooler 46 is provided with: a first EGR cooler 52 installed in the first cooling circuit C1; and a second EGR cooler 62 installed in the second cooling circuit C2. Furthermore, in order to suppress the generation of condensed water due to condensation of moisture in an exhaust gas during the cooling of the EGR cooler 46, the cooling system CS is provided with a valve 80 configured to control the amount of the cooling water that flows from the second cooling circuit C2 to the first cooling circuit C1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuusuke Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11053837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling system valve (24) for an internal combustion engine cooling system (12), the internal combustion engine cooling system (12) comprising a radiator (14) and a coolant passage (16) adapted to cool at least a portion of an internal combustion engine (18), the cooling system valve (24) being adapted to be located between the radiator (14) and the coolant passage (16), as seen in an intended direction of flow from the radiator (14) to the coolant passage (16). The cooling system valve (24) is adapted to automatically assume each one of at least the following conditions: —an open condition, allowing coolant transport from the radiator (14) towards the coolant passage (16) via the cooling system valve (24), and —a closed condition, preventing coolant transport in a direction from the coolant passage (16) towards the radiator (14) via the cooling system valve (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Rajasekar Jonnalagadda Balu
  • Patent number: 11041428
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a water temperature of an engine. The method includes: collecting outlet water temperatures of the engine at predetermined time intervals (S101); when a number of the collected outlet water temperatures of the engine is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, determining a water temperature variation function of the outlet water temperatures of the engine with time according to collected each outlet water temperature of the engine and collection time corresponding to the each outlet water temperature of the engine (S102); and determining performance parameters of a cooling system under the water temperature variation function, and controlling controllable parts of the cooling system according to the performance parameters of the cooling system (S103). Further provided is an apparatus for controlling the water temperature of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zhu, Xin Li, Zhongshan Li, Yongcheng Zhu, Zhixin Zeng
  • Patent number: 11028763
    Abstract: An engine cooling device has a mechanical water pump, a flow rate control valve having a valve body of which a relative rotational position is changed by a motor, and a control unit that performs drive control of the motor to change the relative rotational position of the valve body to a target relative rotational position. The control unit performs protection control for setting the relative rotational position where a withstanding pressure limit rotational speed is equal to or higher than a current engine rotational speed, as a target operating position of the valve body of the flow rate control valve when the engine rotational speed rises, and performs retreat control for reducing a set range of the target relative rotational position to a prescribed retreat operation range when the supply voltage of the in-vehicle electric power supply has dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru Takagi, Kazuki Kato, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Toshio Takaoka
  • Patent number: 11022024
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system includes a plurality of coolant circulation/distribution systems that form an engine coolant flow, which circulates in an engine via mechanic/electronic water pumps, a heater core, High Temperature (HT)/Low Temperature (LT) radiators, an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler, an oil warmer, an Auto Transmission Fluid (ATF) warmer, and an intercooler, in association with an Integrated Thermal Management Valve (ITM) and a Smart Single Valve (SSV). The thermal management system prevents turbo boiling at Ignition Key Off in association with the SSV and an Electric Water Pump (EWP) of the water-cooled intercooler while quickly implementing warm-up of the engine and the engine oil/ATF oil by the four-port layout of the ITM at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheol-Soo Park, Bong-Sang Lee, Dae-Kwang Kim, Dong-Suk Chae
  • Patent number: 11015514
    Abstract: A water pump for a vehicle includes a shaft for receiving rotational power from the engine; an impeller mounted on the shaft to pump the coolant discharged from the engine; and a housing where the shaft and the impeller are embedded, disposed in a direction opposite to the direction to which the shaft is connected with respect to the impeller to have a coolant inflow passage, into which the coolant discharged from the engine flows, formed therein, disposed along the edge of the impeller to have a coolant discharge passage for discharging the coolant pumped by the impeller to the heat exchanging means formed therein, and disposed in the direction to which the shaft is connected to have a bypass passage for discharging the coolant to the engine formed therein, and the housing has a connecting passage for connecting the coolant inflow passage and the bypass passage formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeong Hyun Na