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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Vincent George Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Curt Raymond O'donnell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent George Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Curt Raymond O'Donnell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A coolant de-aeration system is provided that includes a coolant reservoir, a plurality of de-aeration chambers within the reservoir, a plurality of de-aeration chamber apertures that direct coolant flow through the de-aeration chambers, a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet that share a common coolant flow pathway that allows the majority of coolant to flow directly between the reservoir inlet and the reservoir outlet, and a reservoir inlet aperture that directs a portion of coolant passing along the common coolant flow pathway through the reservoir's de-aeration chambers for de-aeration prior to being returned to the common coolant flow pathway.