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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Martin Wirth, Remscheid, DE;
Bernd Brinkmann, Dormagen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/10 (2006.01); F01P 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/10 (2013.01); F01P 3/02 (2013.01); F01P 2003/028 (2013.01); F01P 2060/08 (2013.01); F01P 2060/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to operate a split coolant circuit of a combustion engine wherein a cylinder head coolant jacket and an engine block coolant jacket are provided in series with a pump delivering coolant to an inlet of the cylinder head coolant jacket without being directly connected to an inlet of the engine block coolant jacket. This allows for 100% of the pump flow rate to be delivered to the cylinder head coolant jacket before division of coolant flow occurs for various engine operating conditions.