Engine Patents (Class 165/51)
  • Publication number: 20120037336
    Abstract: When there is an extremely low ambient temperature, an electronic control unit controls operation of a circulation path for coolant water in such a manner that, after starting of an engine, the coolant water is supplied from the engine first to a throttle valve and an EGR valve and then to an oil warmer for a transmission. This solves a failure problem in the throttle valve and the EGR valve caused by frost formation at an early stage. As a result, desired operating performance of the vehicle is quickly ensured and heat management in the vehicle is carried out in a desired manner when there is an extremely low ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahide Ishikawa, Kaname Uzuki, Atsushi Morita, Keiko Tanaka, Yuki Miyamoto, Satoru Shiga, Masaki Morita, Miyuki Matsuda, Manabu Orihashi, Yoshihiro Saeki, Keiichi Uno, Hiroki Nishimura, Takayuki Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20120024494
    Abstract: A cooling assembly for a motor vehicle provided with a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine. The assembly has a radiator intended to be supplied with a flow of a liquid coolant coming from the engine, a condenser for use in an air-conditioning system of the vehicle, mounted facing the radiator, and a ventilation assembly. The ventilation assembly includes a plate-like shroud mounted facing the condenser, on a side remote from the radiator, and carrying a motor-driven fan capable of inducing a flow of air through the radiator and the condenser. The ventilation assembly is connected directly to the radiator, and the condenser is directly connected to the ventilation assembly and/or the radiator such that it is separately detachable and extractable, and possibly mountable again, leaving the ventilation assembly and the radiator in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Bruno GRASSO, Carlo Canuto
  • Patent number: 8104581
    Abstract: An oil module for an internal combustion engine, comprising a carrier element that can be flanged onto an engine block of the internal combustion engine and carries at least one oil filter and an oil cooler. The oil module is provided with channels for guiding oil and water, one of the channels being an oil cooler bypass channel connecting an oil inlet of the oil cooler to an oil outlet of the oil cooler. At least a main part of the oil cooler bypass channel extends through an oil cooler base plate occluding the oil cooler on the carrier element side, or through an intermediate plate arranged between the oil cooler and the carrier element in a sealing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rainer Gendermann
  • Patent number: 8100168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reheating the water of the windscreen washers of a motor vehicle comprising, in the engine compartment thereof, a degassing box (1) forming part of the engine cooling system, and at least one tank (3) for pressurised washing water, said tank being associated with a circulation pump which pumps water therefrom and supplies said water to nozzles for spraying the same over the windscreens. The inventive device is characterised in that the tank (3) at least partially surrounds the degassing box (1), leaving a separation space of a determined thickness thereinbetween, and a double-walled hollow body (4) is integrated into said space, defining a closed thermal insulating volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventor: Gerard Jeuffe
  • Patent number: 8096347
    Abstract: A cooler block for an agricultural tractor comprising a cooler assembly mounted on a radiator and coupled to the radiator by upper and lower linkages. The cooler assembly can be moved between a first position in which the cooler assembly lies parallel to the radiator and a second position in which the cooler assembly is inclined relative to the radiator. The cooler assembly is pivotable about a pivot in the upper linkage that is itself movable relative to the radiator. The lower linkage allows the entire cooler assembly to rise and the pivot of the upper linkage to move away from the radiator as the cooler assembly is pivoted from the first to the second position. A detent is incorporated into one of the two linkages to retain the cooler assembly in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: William P. Starkey, Timothy Oldland, Todd Richard
  • Patent number: 8091622
    Abstract: The present relates to a system for cooling a vehicle engine compartment having a blowing device provided on a dash panel of a vehicle and configured to be able to send external air to the engine compartment and a cabin of the vehicle; a control unit to control the blowing device such that the external air may flow into the engine compartment through the blowing device if the temperature of the engine compartment is higher than or equal to a limit temperature above which components in the engine compartment can be heat damaged; a door consisting of an engine compartment door rotatably installed between the opening and the cabin air supplier and a cabin door rotatably installed on the same line as the engine compartment door; and an actuator for opening and/or closing the engine compartment door and the cabin door, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Byung Jin Ahn
  • Patent number: 8091624
    Abstract: A radiator element in a motor vehicle is disclosed, the motor vehicle including a body, a driver's space with at least one door for access to the driver's space, and a step element with at least one step and situated below the door. An engine cooling system includes a radiator element in which a circulating coolant is cooled by an airflow flowing through the radiator element. The radiator element is positioned close to the step element. An air inlet aperture is positioned between or behind the steps. The radiator element is a second radiator element of the vehicle, operable when the first radiator element cools insufficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (Publ)
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Tomas Alsterdal, Johan Åkeson
  • Publication number: 20110303390
    Abstract: A cooling system for use with a gas turbine combustion assembly having a flame tube and a surrounding air delivery sleeve, the system comprising a vessel shaped and dimensioned to surround the air delivery sleeve and adapted for fluid flow there through. A method of cooling a combustion assembly includes the step of directing a flow of fluid over an outer surface of the delivery sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Vykson Limited
    Inventors: James Oakley, David William Artt, Stephen William Thomas Spence
  • Patent number: 8074371
    Abstract: Evaporator apparatus (1) for the treatment of viscous media comprised of at least a feed chamber (2) having a perforated tray (3), a tube-bundle heat exchanger (4) connected thereto having perpendicularly arranged tubes (8) and a devolatilization chamber (5) connected thereto, a discharge unit (6) for the product and a vapor take-off (7) for removing volatile components, the tubes (8) of the heat exchanger (4) having a rectangular cross section over the greater part of their length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventor: Klemens Kohlgrüber
  • Publication number: 20110297347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat dissipating system for an electric vehicle drive controller. The heat dissipating system for electric vehicle drive controller includes: high power MOS transistors for controlling magnitude of power supplied to an electric vehicle drive motor and for switching current direction, and a radiator connected to bodies of the MOS transistors, the radiator being made of aluminum alloy material, and a surface of the radiator being plated with a metallic nickel layer. Compared with existing electric vehicle drive controller, the electric vehicle drive controller of the present invention has advantages of low operating temperature, high reliability and long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: LIUZHOU WULING MOTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanzhang YE, Ben CAI, Rijun HUANG, Libin WEI, Zhong ZHENG
  • Patent number: 8069906
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery apparatus includes an evaporation unit, a condensation unit, an evaporation-side communication part and a condensation-side communication part. The evaporation unit is disposed in a duct member through which an exhaust gas generated from an engine flows, and evaporates an operation fluid by heat of the exhaust gas. The condensation unit is disposed in a coolant passage through which a coolant flows, and condenses the operation fluid by radiating the heat to the coolant. The evaporation-side communication part connects the evaporation unit and the condensation unit for introducing evaporated operation fluid to the condensation unit. The condensation-side communication part connects the condensation unit and the evaporation unit for introducing condensed operation fluid to the evaporation unit. The condensation-side communication part is in contact with an outer surface of the duct member at least at a part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Mukoubara, Seiji Inoue, Kimio Kohara, Kenshirou Muramatsu, Yasutoshi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8069905
    Abstract: A gas cooling device capable of efficiently cooling a gas such as an EGR gas, etc. is provided. A multiplicity of cooling pipes perpendicularly intersecting a gas flow direction in a gas pipe for a gas such as an EGR gas, etc. are provided to extend through an outer peripheral wall of the gas pipe, a cooling jacket is provided on an outer surface of the gas pipe on both sides of a group of the cooling medium pipes in an axial direction, or on the entire outer surface of the gas pipe, and the gas in the gas pipe is cooled by a cooling medium flowing through the cooling pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventor: Tadahiro Goto
  • Patent number: 8069951
    Abstract: In an oil cooler installation structure for a vehicular transmission, an oil cooler by means of which oil is cooled is provided, oil being delivered between the oil cooler and an internal of a transmission housing, and an oil cooler installation portion is provided in the internal of the transmission housing and in which a first oil passage for supplying oil in the internal of the transmission housing to the oil cooler via a first opening portion opened at an external of the transmission housing and a second oil passage for supplying oil from the oil cooler to the internal of the transmission housing via a second opening portion opened at the external of the transmission housing are formed, the oil cooler being attached onto the oil cooler installation portion to enable a delivery of oil via the first opening portion and the second opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Taku Sugano, Tsutomu Saitou
  • Publication number: 20110290446
    Abstract: A heat transfer unit for an internal combustion engine includes a first channel with an inlet and an outlet. The first channel is configured to have a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough. The second channel is configured to have a cooling fluid flow therethrough. A partition wall(s) is disposed to separate the first channel from the second channel. Ribs extend from partition wall(s) into the second channel and are disposed in a principal flow direction of the fluid to be cooled. The second channel comprises a first section and a second section in the principal flow direction. The ribs of the first section have a first cross section in a first flow-off portion that is constant in the principal flow direction. The ribs of the second section have a second cross section in a second flow-off portion that widens in the principal flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Pierburg GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Kuehnel, Dieter Jelinek, Michael Sanders, Dieter Thoennessen
  • Publication number: 20110284181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and at least one compound selected from propane, propylene and ethylene, which can be used for refrigeration, air-conditioning and heating. The invention also relates to a method for heating and/or air-conditioning the passenger compartment of an automobile using a reversible cooling loop in which a refrigerant fluid including said composition flows. The method is particularly suitable for when the outdoor temperature is lower than ?20° C. The method is also suitable for use in hybrid vehicles adapted for alternately operating by means of a thermal engine and an electric motor, as well as for electric vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Publication number: 20110284182
    Abstract: A pair of coolant receiving pipes (23) and (24) for respectively receiving a coolant from left and right engine heads of a V-engine are provided on a first body (21) side, and a collecting passage (27) for collecting the coolant, communication opening (30a) towards a radiator via the above-mentioned collecting passage (27) and communication opening (31a) towards a branch passage provided with a heater core part or the like are provided on a second body (22) side and these are individually resin molded. A coolant passage apparatus (10) is formed by joining the above-mentioned first body (21) and second body (22) for example by welding means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fujio Inoue, Hiroyasu Koyama
  • Patent number: 8056613
    Abstract: A vehicle, such as a motorcycle or ATV, includes a frame, an internal combustion engine, a radiator, a control module and a heat guard. The radiator is configured for receiving fresh air and for expelling heated air. The control module includes an engine control unit for the internal combustion engine. At least a portion of the heat guard is positioned adjacent to and between the radiator and the control module. The heat guard is configured to deflect at least a portion of the heated air expelled by the radiator from contacting the control module. The heat guard is also configured for receiving fresh air for cooling the heat guard to reduce radiation of heat from the heat guard to the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rodney Frijas
  • Patent number: 8057687
    Abstract: A liquid filter heat exchanger unit has a heat exchanger having an inlet through which a liquid is supplied to the heat exchanger and a drain through which the liquid exits after having passed through the heat exchanger. The unit also has a liquid filter with a filter housing and a filter element exchangeably arranged in a receiving chamber, wherein the liquid is supplied through the drain of the heat exchanger to an unfiltered side of the filter element. A bypass connects an inlet passage for supplying the liquid to be filtered to the receiving chamber in the filter housing. A switching member opens and closes the bypass. The switching member is formed by the filter element such that the bypass is closed when the filter element is inserted in the filter housing and is opened when the filter element is removed from the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Jainek
  • Publication number: 20110272118
    Abstract: A system for providing a constant flow of cooled hydraulic fluid to a dual clutch assembly of a transmission of a motor vehicle includes a hydraulic fluid cooler, a pressure control valve and a logic valve. The system is also capable of providing additional hydraulic fluid to the dual clutch assembly. The hydraulic fluid cooler provides hydraulic fluid to each clutch of a dual clutch assembly and to a logic valve. The logic valve is operable to divert additional fluid flow to either of the clutches of the dual clutch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ORPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Philip C. Lundberg, Bret M. Olson
  • Publication number: 20110259548
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine of a motor include first and second radiator tanks and a plurality of radiator tubes extending between the first and second radiator tanks. The first radiator tank includes a plurality of walls. Brazed joints are between the plurality of walls to make the first radiator tank liquid tight. Brazed joints are also between the plurality of radiator tubes and the first and second radiator tanks. An oil-cooling structure is disposed inside the first radiator tank. The brazed joints between the plurality of walls and between the plurality of radiator tubes and the first and second radiator tanks are simultaneously formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: EDC Automotive, LLC
    Inventors: George Moser, Adam Ostapowicz
  • Patent number: 8042609
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for improving the fuel economy of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a transmission having a transmission sump that contains transmission fluid, and a heat exchanger disposed within said sump and at least partially submerged in the transmission fluid. The apparatus also includes an engine having a plurality of engine coolant channels. An engine pump is operatively connected to the engine. The engine pump is configured to transfer engine coolant through the plurality of engine coolant channels and then through the heat exchanger. Heat from the engine coolant is transferred to the transmission fluid when the engine coolant passes through the heat exchanger. The heat transferred to the transmission fluid decreases transmission fluid viscosity such that transmission spin losses are reduced and fuel economy is improved. A corresponding method for improving the fuel economy of a vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Farzad Samie, Richard W. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8033321
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising at least one pipe (1) and at least one lamina (2), for exchanging heat between a first coolant that flows through the pipe (1) and a second coolant that wets the heat exchanger under the influence of centrifugal forces in order to be cooled and to be available to further cool a rotating machine element (3) that is situated in a housing (4). The heat exchanger is of approximately ring-shaped design, essentially surrounds the rotating machine element (3) and is integrated into the housing (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Viktor Brost, Rainer Kaesinger, Ivo Agner, Oliver Noehl, Johannes Arnold
  • Publication number: 20110240252
    Abstract: An engine-mountable cooling system for a vehicle includes a fluid cooling component, a fan shroud and an elongate engine-mounting cross member. The fluid cooling component includes an upper portion, a lower portion and first and second opposed cooling component side portions. The fan shroud includes an engine-mounting shroud portion coupled to the lower portion of the fluid cooling component and a second shroud portion positioned at least partially above the engine-mounting shroud portion. The elongate engine-mounting cross member is spaced from and positioned above the engine-mounting shroud portion and includes a first cross member end portion coupled to the first cooling component side portion and a second cross member end portion coupled to the second cooling component side portion. The cooling system is mountable to an engine such that the engine-mounting cross member and the engine-mounting shroud portion support substantially the entire weight of the cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel J. Borski, Bryan T. Morriss, James V. McHorse
  • Publication number: 20110240251
    Abstract: A temperature adjustment structure for adjusting a temperature of a power storage module included in a power storage apparatus mounted on a vehicle has a duct forming a moving path of air in adjusting the temperature of the power storage module. The duct has a protrusion portion protruding toward the outside of the duct with respect to a surface forming the moving path. The protrusion portion is located above a connector that is provided additionally for the power storage apparatus and used for electrical connection to equipment (peripheral equipment) placed parallel with the power storage module within the power storage apparatus. At least a connection portion of the connector is located within an area of the protrusion portion when viewed from a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Nobuyoshi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20110240250
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a four wheeled vehicle capable of preventing mud, sand, water or other foreign substances which are splashed by front wheels from coming into an air cleaner with a simple structure and also shortening an air-intake route. In the four wheeled vehicle, an air-intake apparatus includes an air-intake duct connected to an air-intake portion of an engine, the air-intake duct extending forward in a cabin, and an air cleaner provided in an upstream air-intake portion of the air-intake duct, and an air taking portion of the air cleaner opens in the dashboard. The air-intake duct is arranged at a higher position relative to a floor face of the cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Shinjiro AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20110240253
    Abstract: An arrangement for attaching a first cooling group for cooling an internal combustion engine of an automobile, the group including a first device for cooling an engine coolant and a second device for cooling supercharging air. The first device is capable of interacting with the second device through shape cooperation so that the second cooling device assumes an intermediate retaining position on the first cooling device, and the first device can be automatically locked onto the second device by elastic fitting so that the second device assumes a final locked position on the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Leronseur
  • Publication number: 20110240254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the heating and/or air conditioning of the passenger compartment of an automobile using a reversible cooling loop in which flows a coolant containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The method is particularly useful when outdoor temperature is lower than ?15° C. The method can be used for hybrid automobiles designed for operating alternatively with a thermal engine and an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 8028522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a motor vehicle comprising a first heat exchanger (1), in particular, embodied in the form of a main cooler for cooling a first liquid coolant (3) of an internal combustion engine (2) by means of an air flow coming from the ambient air and a second heat exchanger (7, 13, 407, 415) for cooling gases introduceable into the internal combustion engine, in particular, exhaust gases and/or charge air, wherein the second heat exchanger (7, 13, 407, 415) is coolable by the an air flow coming from the ambient air and is spatially separated from the main cooler (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Irmler, Ulrich Maucher
  • Publication number: 20110185712
    Abstract: An energy separation and recovery system wherein energy forms which might otherwise be wasted are employed in conjunction with a heat exchanger and a super heater to generate steam in a substantially closed-loop system wherein the heat supply is an open system. The superheated steam is transmitted to an engine to generate power which may be used to supply electrical energy. The electrical energy may be employed external to the system. Stepped diameter tubing carries water, or other vaporizable fluids, through the heat exchanger into the super heater while simultaneously exposing the carried water or fluid to incrementally higher temperature heated gas. Variable bellows, attached operatively to end plates accommodate the differential expansion of the tubing. The energy generation system includes a control module to permit the generation of steam and electricity at such times as there is sufficient heat to permit the generation of superheated steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Alan Burns, Paul Andrew Burns, Gareth Andrew Storoszko, Marco Cucinotta
  • Publication number: 20110155491
    Abstract: A side diffuser for a vehicle front surface structure, the vehicle front surface structure, and a method for assembling such a structure. The side diffuser guides air entering through air inlets from bumpers of the vehicle to heat exchangers located in front of the engine. The diffuser includes a plate, the back edge of which supports the heat exchangers and the front edge of which supports the bumpers and includes a recess capable of receiving the front crosspiece end of the vehicle. The back side of the diffuser includes: a pivoting axis capable of engaging with a corresponding receiving part provided on the heat exchangers, and an attaching part capable of engaging with a corresponding attaching part provided on the heat exchangers after one rotation of the side diffuser around pivoting axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Angel Ve Lasco, Matthieu Carron, Juliette Massoulie
  • Publication number: 20110146945
    Abstract: During the time period from the start of an engine to the completion of a catalyst warming-up, the drive of a blower in an air-conditioning equipment is inhibited to suppress the heat-exchange of the air, which is caused to flow in an air duct by the drive of the blower, with cooling water in a heater core disposed in a circulating passage. Therefore, the heat generated in the engine is restrained from being fed to the inside of a compartment through that air after fed to the cooling water. As a result, the temperatures of the engine and the cooling water rise quickly, and the temperature of the exhaust of the engine rises so that the heat is efficiently fed to the catalyst through the exhaust. This means that the heat generated in the engine is preferentially fed through the exhaust to the catalyst that is the portion needing the feed of heat at a low temperature, other than the compartment in the automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Morita, Yuki Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20110139398
    Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a current-generating component that is embodied as a thermoelectric generator and has a side facing a cooling stream passing through the cooling device. The cooling stream dissipates heat generated by an operating unit of the motor vehicle. The cooling device is embodied as a vehicle radiator. The current-generating component is integrated into the vehicle radiator. The current-generating component and a cooling web of the vehicle radiator form a common assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha BAUER, Markus BEYLICH
  • Publication number: 20110127005
    Abstract: In order to standardize the structure of a cooling module with and without a main radiator and thus to make a cooling module equally usable for motor vehicles with an internal combustion engine as well as with an electric motor and for hybrid vehicles it is provided to replace the bearing and holding function of a cooling component, in particular of the radiator unit flowed through by air and engine fluid of an internal combustion engine, by two adapter parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Bjoern KEERL
  • Publication number: 20110120396
    Abstract: A coolant flow control system (100, 200) includes an integrated coolant flow control and heat exchange device (10, 50). The device includes a valve body part (20, 60) and a heat exchange part (30, 70). According to the system, all the coolant flow from the engine is delivered back to the engine after passing through the valve body part (20, 60) and then the heat exchange part (30, 70) in which it passes over the heat exchanger part (40, 80). The valve body part (20, 60) by positioning of the coolant flow wall (26, 66) allows multiple flow modes and coolant paths to branch out (or converge) from (or to) thereby controlling the flow in all coolant circuit branches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: John William Myers, Mark Allen Bourcier
  • Publication number: 20110114286
    Abstract: An object is to provide a vehicle heat-exchange module capable of optimizing the whole of a stator blade that deflects a flow in the swirling direction produced by a cooling fan, thereby reducing the work performed by the cooling fan and eventually reducing the input power to the cooling fan, and to provide a vehicle having the vehicle heat-exchange module. According to the vehicle heat-exchange module (10), the stator blade (30) arranged on the downstream side of the cooling fan (16) is divided by an intermediate ring (31) into inner-circumference-side stator blade members (32A) and outer-circumference-side stator blade members (32B), and the number of the inner-circumference-side stator blade members (32A) for installation is made smaller than that of the outer-circumference-side stator blade members (32B), thus setting the pitch/chord ratio within an appropriate range at each of the inner circumference side and the outer circumference side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Komatsu, Tsuyoshi Eguchi, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110114285
    Abstract: We propose here a class of new materials for high heat-flux applications including high flux heat exchangers, rocket engines, jet engines, gas turbines, space-plane wings, and fusion reactors. The materials are nano-composites formed from copper and a refractory metal, especially niobium, vanadium, or chromium, but also potentially silver, iron, tantalum, tungsten, or molybdenum. The copper plus refractory mix is fast-melted, e.g. by arc melting, and then fast-cooled and worked. When cast the component metals separate into a fractile metal-metal composite that should have excellent heat-transfer qualities. Working the material makes it a lot stronger by extending the fractile structures into micron, and submicron (nano-scale) filaments and sheets of metal-metal composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Robert E. Buxbaum
  • Publication number: 20110088868
    Abstract: A cooling system for a fan drive device, particularly for a wet friction clutch. The dutch shaft member is attached to a shaft mounting piate and ATF is circulated through them. The shaft mounting plate is connected in turn to an engine mounting plate which has engine coolant circulated through it at a lower temperature. The shaft mounting plate and engine mounting plates both have passageways for circulation of fluids therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Dale M. Pickelman, Jr., Theodore A. Malott, Thomas M. Tembreull
  • Patent number: 7921640
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery heat exchanger assembly for use along a main exhaust flow path of an exhaust system for an engine, and a method of operation, is disclosed. The exhaust heat recovery heat exchanger includes a sealed vacuum chamber, including a hydride pellet mounted in the chamber, and electrical leads extending from the hydride pellet. An exhaust chamber along the main exhaust flow path is located along an inner wall of the vacuum chamber. A housing surrounds the vacuum chamber and defines a heat receiving medium chamber. A heat receiving medium flows through the heat receiving medium chamber and absorbs heat from the exhaust flowing through the exhaust chamber when an electric current is applied to the hydride pellet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Gregory A. Major
  • Publication number: 20110067853
    Abstract: A fluid cooling device for a motor vehicle includes a fluid inlet tank and a fluid outlet tank. A plurality of heat transfer tubes provide constant fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank. A bypass arrangement selectively provides additional fluid communication between the fluid inlet tank and the fluid outlet tank. A bi-metallic valve is moveable from a first position to a second position in response to an increase in temperature of the fluid such that the valve member closes the at least one bypass tube to preclude additional fluid communication between the fluid inlet tank and the fluid outlet tank when the valve member is in the second position and the valve member opens the bypass tube to provide additional fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: George MOSER, Gordon SOMMER, Adam OSTAPOWICZ
  • Publication number: 20110061833
    Abstract: The present invention has a waste heat recovery device (37) that supplies engine waste heat by way of engine coolant; a radiator (18) that dissipates engine waste heat by way of engine coolant; an exhaust gas heat exchanger (33) that supplies engine waste heat from exhaust gas to engine coolant; and a coolant pump (32) that causes engine coolant to circulate. Furthermore, the constitution is such that pressure drop equipment (34) is arranged upstream with respect to a coolant pump suction region (32b); a restrictor is arranged in a communication passage (50) between a coolant pump suction region and a region (20) vented to atmosphere; a location upstream with respect to the pressure drop equipment is made to communicate with the region vented to atmosphere; and the region vented to atmosphere is made capable of being kept in communication with atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Kihara, Shohei Amakawa, Toshiyuki Hayashi, Shojiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7896062
    Abstract: A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an oil cooler or a refrigerant condenser. The lower heat exchanger is disposed forward of the upper heat exchanger. Additional heat exchangers may be positioned in front of the first and second heat exchangers to provide additional cooling. The first and second heat exchanger may be cross-flow heat exchangers conducting the fluid to be cooled laterally through the core of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: William H. Adamson, Stephen M. Balcom, Daniel A. Morey, Daniel M. Ruedinger
  • Patent number: 7878233
    Abstract: An air-to-air aftercooler may include at least one tube body configured to direct a flow of charged air, wherein the at least one tube body includes a first material. The air-to-air aftercooler may also include a header assembly coupled to ends of the at least one tube body. The header assembly may include a second different material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Kent C. Bates, Jiubo Ma, Rishabh Sinha
  • Publication number: 20110017425
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (10?) for the air supply circuit of a motor vehicle engine, comprises a heat exchange core (100) and at least one header tank (210?). The heat exchanger (10?) comprises an air flow rate control valve (300) arranged in the header tank (210?) of the exchanger, and the control valve (300) is a valve comprising a body (310) with three openings (311; 313) and a moving rotary member (320) inside the body (310) so as to control the circulation of air through the heat exchange core (100) and/or through a duct (13?) bypassing the heat exchange core (100) according to a law defined as a function of the angular position of the rotary member (320) in the body (310). The heat exchanger (10?) is particularly applicable to motor vehicles with a supercharged engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Guillaume Bourgoin, Laurent Odillard, Georges De Pelsemaeker, Carlos Martins, Bertrand Gessier, Stephanie Moroz
  • Publication number: 20110000188
    Abstract: A heat exchanging system suitable for use in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) circuit comprises a split EGR heat exchanger arrangement. Exhaust gas is used to warm engine oil via a first heat exchanger during initial stages of an engine operating cycle. In the later stages of the operating cycle, recirculated exhaust gases are diverted to flow through the second heat exchanger where they are cooled by the engine coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Graham Pegg, Roland Stark
  • Patent number: 7845167
    Abstract: In an exhaust heat recovery system for an internal combustion engine, a heat pipe includes an evaporation portion in which a working fluid is heated and evaporated by heat exchange with exhaust heat from the internal combustion engine, a plurality of condensing portions in which the working fluid from the evaporation portion is cooled and condensed by heat exchange with respective subjects to be heated, and connection piping through which the condensing portions are connected to the evaporation portion in parallel with respect to the evaporation portion so as to form a closed circuit. Furthermore, a switching portion is located to switch a flow of the working fluid from the evaporation portion to any one between the condensing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Miyagawa, Yasutoshi Yamanaka, Takahisa Suzuki, Koichi Ban
  • Patent number: 7845392
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly has a first heat exchanger with a first heat radiating area receiving a first cooling fluid, a second heat exchanger with a second heat radiating area receiving a second cooling fluid and a third heat radiating area receiving a third cooling fluid. In use, the difference in temperature between the first cooling fluid entering and exiting the first heat radiating area is greater than the difference in temperature between the second cooling fluid entering and exiting the second heat radiating area and greater than the difference in temperature between the third cooling fluid entering and exiting the third heat radiating area. The temperature of the second cooling fluid flowing through the second heat radiating area is higher than the temperature of the third cooling fluid flowing through the third heat radiating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michiko Morita
  • Publication number: 20100300646
    Abstract: [Task] It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle battery cooling device even if a situation that cannot be compensated by ordinary cooling means occurs, the efficient cooling is performed and a battery temperature can be stabilized. [Means for Solving] A cooling system of a heat exchanger 18 and a cooling system of a sub radiator 12 are provided to perform the cooling of high-power battery 6. A battery controller 31 which processes the information such as a temperature sensor 33 and so forth switches the device to perform the cooling of high-power battery 6 from the cooling system of heat exchanger 18 to the cooling system of sub radiator 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Masaru Sawaguchi, Kenichi Koui, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Yoshikazu Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 7836945
    Abstract: An exhaust gas heat exchanger system of a combustion engine has a bypass duct and a heat exchanger duct with a heat exchanger. A valve is controlled by determining when heat is to be transferred from exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust system to the heat exchanger. When heat is to be transferred, the valve is switched into a first position in which all of the exhaust gas flows through the heat exchanger duct. A pressure drop across the heat exchanger system is monitored either directly or indirectly. If the pressure drop reaches a predefined limit, the valve is switched into an intermediate position, resulting in a smaller portion of the exhaust gas flowing through the heat exchanger duct than when the valve is in the first position and a remaining portion flowing through the bypass duct, thereby reducing the pressure drop across the heat exchanger system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Emcon Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Gregg Speer
  • Patent number: 7832467
    Abstract: An oil cooler for a motor vehicle includes a fluid inlet tank and a fluid outlet tank. A plurality of heat transfer tubes provides constant fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank. A bypass arrangement provides additional fluid communication between the fluid inlet tank and the fluid outlet tank under a first operating condition and the bypass arrangement precludes additional fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank under a second operating condition. The bypass arrangement may include a bypass tube and an element for selectively blocking the bypass tube. The element for selectively blocking the bypass tube may be automatically response to a change in oil temperature or a change in oil pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: EDC Automotive, LLC
    Inventors: George Moser, Gordon Sommer, Adam Ostapowicz
  • Patent number: 7823624
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a main heat exchange housing, a cooling air inlet line and a hot air inlet line to bring a cooling airflow and a hot airflow in the main housing. A heat pre-exchanger is disposed upstream from the main housing, the heat pre-exchanger being able to be crossed by the cooling airflow and the hot airflow prior to the main housing. The invention also relates to a propulsion unit and an aircraft comprising such a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventor: Herve Marche