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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Stefan Quiring, Leverkusen, DE;
Michael Tobergte, Cologne, DE;
Hans Guenter Quix, Herzogenrath, DE;
Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Stefan Quiring, Leverkusen, DE;
Michael Tobergte, Cologne, DE;
Hans Guenter Quix, Herzogenrath, DE;
Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes an oil circuit and a pump in fluidic communication with a supply line and at least one lubricant receiving component and a liquid cooling system including a coolant circuit having an oil pressure actuated coolant valve and a coolant valve control line in fluidic communication with the pump and having a first configuration in which coolant may flow therethrough and a second configuration in which coolant is inhibited from flowing therethrough, the first and second configurations triggered in response to a change in oil pressure in the coolant valve control line.