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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Andrea Bartolazzi, Rome, IT;
Antonio Cicirello, Collegno, IT;
Gate S.P.A., Torino, IT;
Abstract
The system includes a sensor operable to supply electrical signals indicating the temperature of the engine and further sensors operable to supply electrical signals indicating predetermined parameters established to define operating conditions of the motor vehicle. A processing and control unit is provided to select, on the basis of the signals supplied by the said further sensors, a corresponding predetermined function which correlates the electric power to be supplied to the fan assembly with the electric power to be supplied to the electric pump, in dependence on the heat energy extracted from the engine, in order to obtain the minimum sum of the said electric power values; and to determine, on the basis of the signals supplied by the first sensor and the said selected function, the values of electric power to be supplied to the electric fan and the electric pump.