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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Christian Allgaeuer, Munich, DE;
Felix Artmeier, Munich, DE;
Simon Eglseer, St. Pantaleon-Erla, AT;
Stefan Hofmanninger, Weibern, AT;
Oliver Horn, Munich, DE;
Alexander Lichtenberger, St. Peter in der Au, AT;
Patrick Marinell, Munich, DE;
Rene Pichlbauer, Sankt Marien, AT;
Andreas Siuka, Kematen an der Krems, AT;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A thermal management system for a motor vehicle, includes a cooling circuit in which a cooler, a cooling circuit pump, and a first heat source are connected in series; a battery branch, in which a chiller and a traction battery are connected in series; a first connection which is arranged downstream of the first heat source, at which coolant can be selectively introduced into the battery branch; a second connection, which leads from the battery branch to a point of the cooling circuit upstream of the first heat source, further comprising a condenser branch that runs between the second connection and the first connection, wherein the condenser branch has a liquid cooled condenser.