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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/02 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01P 7/10 (2006.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01); F01P 7/12 (2006.01); F01P 11/10 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/164 (2013.01); F01P 7/10 (2013.01); B60K 11/085 (2013.01); F01P 7/02 (2013.01); F01P 7/12 (2013.01); F01P 11/10 (2013.01); F01P 2007/143 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments for a thermal management system are provided. In one example, a thermal management system includes a coolant pump that provides coolant to a first cooling circuit and a second cooling circuit in parallel. The first cooling circuit includes an air-to-coolant radiator system and the second cooling circuit includes an engine coolant jacket. The thermal management system further comprises a fan and a cooling shutter for controlling a flow of air through the air-to-coolant radiator system.