Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle thermal management system, and methods of use and manufacture thereof
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Application No.: US14817914Application Date: 2015-08-04
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Publication No.: US10253679B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Michael D. Cook , Matthew R. Scott
- Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kenealy Vaidya LLP
- Main IPC: F01P7/16
- IPC: F01P7/16 ; B60H1/08 ; B60H1/14 ; F28F9/02 ; F28F27/02 ; F01P7/14 ; F28D9/00

Abstract:
A thermal management system for a vehicle including an engine and a transmission can include a radiator, first and second heat exchangers, a control valve and a bypass valve. The radiator can be configured for fluid communication with the engine. The first heat exchanger can be configured for fluid communication with the transmission. The control valve can be configured to selectively communicate a source of relative warm engine fluid or a source of relative cool engine fluid to the first heat exchanger in order to warm or cool the transmission fluid, respectively. The second heat exchanger can be configured to exchanger heat between the transmission fluid and the ambient fluid external to the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The by-pass valve can be configured to selectively direct transmission fluid into or to by-pass the second heat exchanger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170037770A1 VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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