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Method and system for an internal combustion engine with liquid-cooled cylinder head and liquid-cooled cylinder block

US9500115B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Hans Guenter Quix · Herzogenrath, DE
Sebastiaan Lambertus van den Heuvel · Wijnandsrade, NL
Wilbert Hemink · Limburg, DE
Jan Mehring · Cologne, DE
Anselm Hopf · Grevenbroich, DE
Klaus-Peter Heinig · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2014
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01P2060/08
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for separately providing liquid-cooling to a cylinder head and a cylinder block. In one example, a method includes selectively pumping coolant with a single pump to each of a first cylinder head coolant jacket and a cylinder block coolant jacket based on engine temperatures. The method further includes discharging coolant from the first cylinder head coolant jacket to a heating circuit line including a vehicle interior heater and discharging coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket and back to the single pump.

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