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Method for warming an internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine

US9004020B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Jan Mehring · Cologne, DE
Moritz Klaus Springer · Hagen, DE
Bernd Steiner · Bensberg, DE
Thomas Lorenz · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2012
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01P2037/02
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for expediting warm up of an internal combustion engine cylinder block and engine oil utilizing an existing oil coolant circuit. A method for warming up an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder, a cylinder block which is formed by an upper crankcase half mounted to a lower crankcase half, said lower crankcase half containing an oil sump which is fed, via a supply line, by a coolant jacket, an inlet side of said coolant jacket supplied in turn with oil via the oil sump by an oil pump, the method comprising: releasing oil from the coolant jacket via gravity to reduce a cooling capacity of the internal combustion engine.

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