Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actively controlled coolant tank to increase thermal storage capacity of hybrid electric vehicles
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Application No.: US16665612Application Date: 2019-10-28
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Publication No.: US10954845B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Mohammad Reza Amini , Jing Sun , Ilya Kolmanovsky , Hao Wang
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F01P7/00
- IPC: F01P7/00 ; F01P3/20 ; B60K11/02 ; B60H1/04 ; F01P3/18 ; F01P7/16 ; F01P5/10

Abstract:
An engine and cabin thermal management system for use with a vehicle having an engine, a cabin heating system configured to thermally heat a cabin of the vehicle, a coolant system operably coupled to the engine and to the cabin heating system to thermally manage a temperature of the engine and a temperature of the cabin. The coolant system having one or more coolant thermal storage units fluidly coupled with a radiator and heater core of the coolant system forming a coolant loop. The system further having a control system configured to monitor and maintain at least a predetermined coolant temperature at the cabin heating system even during a coolant temperature decrease at the engine stops.
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