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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/10 (2006.01); F01P 3/02 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 3/02 (2013.01); F01P 2003/024 (2013.01); F01P 2003/027 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F01P 2025/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid cooled internal combustion engine having a bypass line with a controllable shut off element so that coolant can bypass the cylinder head in certain engine operating conditions. The bypass line branches off from the coolant circuit upstream of the cylinder head and returns to the coolant circuit downstream of the cylinder head.