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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inzicontrols Co., Ltd., Siheung-si, KR;
Philgi Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Gyuhwan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Suk Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong Jeong Kim, Ansan-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inzicontrols Co., Ltd., Siheung-si, KR;
Abstract
A control method of an electrical thermostat that includes an operating heater heating wax so as to operate an operating valve that may be disposed to close a coolant passage according to an exemplary embodiment of may include detecting a coolant temperature of coolant circulating a coolant passage, determining whether the coolant temperature may be included in a predetermined heating temperature range, performing a coolant heating mode by supplying a predetermined level of power to the operating heater for a predetermined time, if the coolant temperature may be within the heating temperature range, and stopping the coolant heating mode in a condition that the operating valve may be closed.