发明名称 |
Engine Off Cooling Strategy |
摘要 |
A system includes a coolant management module that, determines whether an engine of a vehicle is off, determines, in response to a determination that the engine is off, whether a heater associated with the engine is on, receives one of a plurality of engine coolant temperature (ECT) measurements and a respective location associated with the received ECT measurement, and communicates the respective location and an instruction to direct engine coolant flow from the respective location to one of the heater and engine. The system also includes a coolant control module that selectively actuates one or more coolant control valves based on the respective location and the instruction. |
申请公布号 |
US2016281584(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.09.29 |
申请号 |
US201514669097 |
申请日期 |
2015.03.26 |
申请人 |
GM Global Technology Operations LLC |
发明人 |
GONZE Eugene V.;Chen Yue-Ming;Ramappan Vijay;Knieper Christopher Harold |
分类号 |
F01P7/14 |
主分类号 |
F01P7/14 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A system comprising:
a coolant management module that:
determines whether an engine of a vehicle is off;determines, in response to a determination that the engine is off, whether a heater associated with the engine is on;receives one of a plurality of engine coolant temperature (ECT) measurements and a respective location associated with the received ECT measurement; andcommunicates the respective location and an instruction to direct engine coolant flow from the respective location to one of the heater and engine; and a coolant control module that selectively actuates one or more coolant control valves based on the respective location and the instruction. |
地址 |
Detroit MI US |