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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Hino Motors, Ltd., Hino-shi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takashi Ishimori, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HINO MOTORS, LTD., Hino-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 19/10 (2010.01); F02N 19/00 (2010.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 19/10 (2013.01); F01P 7/162 (2013.01); F02N 19/001 (2013.01); F01P 2037/02 (2013.01); F02N 2200/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cooling-water temperature is detected at startup of an engine. When the detected temperature falls below a set water-temperature, a water pump is stopped independently of a normal control on rotational frequency of the water pump depending on engine operational state. Calculated is a total heat amount required for raising the current water-temperature to the set water-temperature, and integrated is an heat amount lost by the cooling water from the engine from the startup. When an integrated value reaches the total heat amount, the water pump is operated for a required time to uniformize temperature distribution of the cooling water. Then, the cooling-water temperature is detected again. If the detected temperature is still below the set water-temperature, the same control is repeated; if the detected temperature is equal to or greater than the set water-temperature, the normal control is restored.


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