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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Uwe Haas, Stammham, DE;
Thomas Anzenberger, Ingolstadt, DE;
Thomas Reuss, Neuenstadt, DE;
Gunter Zitzler, Munich, DE;
Uwe Haas, Stammham, DE;
Thomas Anzenberger, Ingolstadt, DE;
Thomas Reuss, Neuenstadt, DE;
Gunter Zitzler, Munich, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
An invention relates to a cooling system for a vehicle comprising an engine, an engine radiator, and an engine cooling circuit. A second cooling circuit encompassing at least one cooling component can be coupled to the engine radiator and is connected to a coolant recirculation pipe of the engine cooling circuit by means of a branch of a coolant supply pipe of the engine cooling circuit and a recirculation pipe of the cooling component. The second cooling circuit can be alternatively coupled to the coolant recirculation pipe or a coolant supply pipe at the output end in accordance with operating conditions of the engine.