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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Ti Group Automotive Systems Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Stimson, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Alastair Deane, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Heated plastic lines in a hybrid/electric vehicle (H/EV) in which a vehicle chassis thermal loop, component thermal loop, motor drive, and power electronics are coupled together and used in either a serial or parallel configuration. The vehicle chassis thermal loop includes a fluid, a circulation pump, and one or more lines through which the fluid flows. The component thermal loop includes the fluid and one or more lines in contact with the component through or around which the fluid flows. At least one of the vehicle chassis thermal loop and component thermal loop has at least a portion of the one or more lines being a plastic heated line. The plastic heated line is configured to heat the fluid to a temperature that is at or above a cold operating temperature predetermined for the component.