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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Apelsmeier, Pollenfeld, DE;

Guenter Vetter, Burladingen, DE;

Assignee:

AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01P 3/20 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); F01P 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/167 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); F01P 3/20 (2013.01); F01P 5/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0688 (2013.01); B60W 2710/088 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); F01P 2050/24 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

A motor vehicle can be powered by a combustion engine or an electric machine or both. Coolant is conveyed in the coolant circuit first to the electric machine before being conveyed from the electric machine to the combustion engine for cooling both the combustion engine and the electric machine. A cooling device adjusts a temperature of the coolant in the coolant circuit in such a way that the cooling device adjusts the coolant to a first temperature, when the motor vehicle is powered by the combustion engine, and to a second temperature which is less than the first temperature, when the motor vehicle is powered by the electric machine and the combustion engine.


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