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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Applicants:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Borgwarner Esslingen Gmbh, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/167 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F01P 2037/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring the state of opening of a control valve of a coolant circuit of a combustion engine. There is disclosed a method of a control valve of a coolant circuit of a combustion engine, with the control valve having a valve element that is actuatable by an actuator for enabling and/or blocking a coolant flow in the coolant circuit which has a heat exchanger, and having an assembly for detecting the position of the valve element for monitoring the opening state of the control valve. There also is provided an apparatus for carrying out the method.