Fluid-cooled heat shield for temperature sensitive automotive components

摘要

Positioning of sensitive electronics near the engine block is accomplished through the use of a heat shield providing for removal or diversion of transmitted heat from the block to the electronics through the use of a self-contained or externally circulated coolant fluid. Unlike conventional coolant channels in an engine block, the heat shield is not intended to cool the engine block and thus may be more compact insofar as it deals with lesser heat flux.