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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Christian John Brace, Radstock, GB;
Niall Andrew Fraser Campbell, Bradford on Avon, GB;
John Gary Hawley, Trowbridge, GB;
Matthew James Leathard, Plymouth, GB;
Kevin Robinson, Warminster, GB;
Alexios Vagenas, Patras, GR;
Mathew Haigh, Chelmsford, GB;
Chris Whelan, Southwick, GB;
Steven Joyce, Redhill, GB;
Iaim Gouldson, Leigh on Sea, GB;
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of cooling an internal combustion engine, to an internal combustion engine assembly. The invention provides an internal combustion engine which has a primary and a secondary flow of coolant together with a method of cooling such and engine. The secondary flow of coolant is injected into the primary flow of coolant in dependence upon a variable provided by a sensor, which provides an indication of the temperature of the engine body in the region where the secondary flow of coolant mixes with the primary flow of coolant.