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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:
Dec. 21, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur A Naujock, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
237 / ; 236 36 ; 236 / ; 165 35 ;
Abstract
In a vehicle with a liquid cooled engine and a heat exchanger such as an interior heater for the passenger compartment, an isolation device positioned therebetween for normally permitting flow of liquid from the engine cooling system to the heat exchanger and then back to the engine cooling system but for blocking flow to the heat exchanger when the liquid temperature is excessive. The device including a thermally responsive power means responsive to a high liquid temperature to block liquid flow to the heat exchanger and redirect the flow in bypass relation to the heat exchanger.