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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Bernhard Gralka, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F01M 5/00 (2006.01); F01M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0423 (2013.01); F01M 5/002 (2013.01); F01M 11/0004 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0025 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a cooling device connected to components of a motor vehicle. The cooling device influencing a fluid flow moving past the vehicle components. In one example, a system may include a cooling device positioned below an oil sump. The cooling device may feature an apparatus such that a fluid flows between the apparatus and oil sump. The cooling device may also be positioned below a transmission housing.