Method for operating a combustion engine having a split cooling system and cylinder shutdown

US10563566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Franz J. Brinkmann · Hürth, DE
• Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
• Joerg Kemmerling · Monschau, DE
• Hans Guenter Quix · Herzogenrath, DE
• Volker Haupts · Aachen, DE
• Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
• Werner Willems · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02F1/40
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a coolant system. In one example, a method may include flowing coolant to an active cylinder during a cold-start.