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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2019
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jason Hoon Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sejun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Byungho Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sanghoon Yoo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kwangwoo Jeong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method can include: acquiring, via one or more sensors disposed in a vehicle, one or more engine operation parameters relating to operation of an internal combustion engine disposed along a coolant flow path in the vehicle; calculating at least one target coolant temperature according to the one or more engine operation parameters; and controlling a valve actuator to regulate flow of a coolant through the coolant flow path via an electric coolant valve operatively coupled to the valve actuator such that a temperature of the coolant changes in accordance with the at least one target coolant temperature.