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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Harald Pfeffinger, Tiefenbronn, DE;
Heiko Sass, Tamm, DE;
Harald Pfeffinger, Tiefenbronn, DE;
Heiko Sass, Tamm, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, having a cylinder head and an engine block, each with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port which is common to the cylinder head the engine block, a main coolant pump having an intake side connected to the coolant outlet port and a pressure side connected to a first control valve via which coolant reaches the inlet port of the cylinder head and the inlet port of the engine block depending on the temperature of the coolant, and to a method for operating such an internal combustion engine, wherein the main coolant pump is selectively actuated to pump the coolant through at least one of the cylinder head and the engine block or is shut down depending on the engine operating state.