Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling device for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆冷却装置
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Application No.: US13131448Application Date: 2009-10-05
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Publication No.: US08573163B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Shigeki Kinomura , Tatsuki Saito
- Applicant: Shigeki Kinomura , Tatsuki Saito
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/067333 WO 20091005
- International Announcement: WO2011/042942 WO 20110414
- Main IPC: F01P7/14
- IPC: F01P7/14

Abstract:
When the temperature of coolant in an engine is greater than or equal to a half-warm-up determination value, an engine cooling control section opens a valve to mix the coolant in two coolant circuits. Accordingly, even if the temperature of the coolant in the engine fluctuates due to mixing coolants at different temperatures, such fluctuation occurs in a temperature range lower than the determination value for the warm-up completion of the engine. This prevents a control procedure for the time before the warm-up completion and a control procedure for the time after such completion from being performed in a repeating, alternating manner. As a result, when the coolant circulating in the first coolant circuit and the coolant circulating in the second coolant circuit are mixed together, control that should be performed based on the coolant temperature in the engine is carried out without hindrance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120137992A1 COOLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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