Latent heat storage system for use in a vehicle

US6199517A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wilo AG · DE

Inventors

• Albert Genster · Marl, DE
• Hansjurgen Kech · Herdecke, DE
• Horst-Georg Schmalfuss · Meinerzhagen, DE
• Gerhard Hunnekuhl · Witten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S165/902
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a latent heat storage system for use on the cooling-water circuit of a vehicle combustion engine, whereby a motor-driven rotary pump is secured either at the edge of the storage system housing or inside said housing.