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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward T King, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N / ; B60L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165 39 ; 165 41 ; 1231 / ; 180 653 ;
Abstract
A cooling system for a hybrid vehicle consisting of an electrical traction motor for driving the vehicle wheels, electrical energy storage and supply means such as a battery or batteries, alternator/generator, or a combination of the two, for supplying the electrical energy to the motor, and an independently operable ICE auxiliary power unit for driving the alternator/generator and charging the battery or batteries; the cooling system not only cooling the motor, but having flow circuits selectively operable to prewarm the ICE prior to engine start-up, to reduce the output of emissions.