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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hans Guenter Quix, Herzogenrath, DE;
Sebastiaan Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wijnandsrade, NL;
Wilbert Hemink, Landgraaf, NL;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Anselm Hopf, Baesweiler, DE;
Klaus-Peter Heinig, Aachen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for separately providing liquid-cooling to a cylinder head and a cylinder block. In one example, a method includes selectively pumping coolant with a single pump to each of a first cylinder head coolant jacket and a cylinder block coolant jacket based on engine temperatures. The method further includes discharging coolant from the first cylinder head coolant jacket to a heating circuit line including a vehicle interior heater and discharging coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket and back to the single pump.