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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Richard J Lopez, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventor:
Richard J Lopez, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An active thermal management system and method for selectively warming and cooling transmission fluid in a transmission usable with a vehicular engine is provided. The active thermal management system includes a thermal sensor which measures transmission fluid temperature and signals a valve to selectively communicate transmission fluid flow into one or more discrete fluid circuits.