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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:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Sf Motors, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yifan Tang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Zhichun Ma, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignees:

CHONGQING JINKANG NEW ENERGY VEHICLE CO., LTD., Chongqing, CN;

SF MOTORS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 3/12 (2006.01); B60K 11/04 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01P 5/10 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F01P 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/04 (2013.01); F01P 3/12 (2013.01); F01P 5/10 (2013.01); F01P 7/164 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); F01P 2003/001 (2013.01); F01P 2050/22 (2013.01); F01P 2060/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0413 (2013.01); F16H 2700/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein are systems and methods for cooling an electric drivetrain of an electric vehicle. The electric drivetrain can include an inverter, a gearbox and a motor. A first cooling system can use ethylene glycol and water (EGW) based coolant, and can include an EGW coolant loop to distribute the EGW based coolant to remove heat from a cold plate of the inverter, a housing of the gearbox, and a housing of the motor. A second cooling system can use an oil based coolant, and can include an oil coolant loop to distribute the oil based coolant to remove heat from internal components and the housing of the gearbox, and to remove heat from internal components and the housing of the motor. The second cooling system can include an oil coolant pump to control a flow of the oil based coolant through the oil coolant loop.


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