F01P11/029

Liquid container and device for adjusting the liquid phase of a cooling circuit of a heat engine having such a container built-in

A liquid container including: at least two compartments (2; 3) which are each provided with a fluid inlet and outlet and which are connectable to a fluid flow circuit, respectively, at least one communication area (4) between the compartments (2; 3), at least one opening (5) for filling the container, at least one plug (6) for closing the opening (5) for filling the container, the opening (5) for filling the container is an opening common to the compartments (2, 3) and the container further includes at least one member (7) for closing the communication area (4) between the compartments (2, 3), the closing member being movably mounted between an open position of the area and a closed position of the area, the closing member being in a closed position of the area in a closed position of the filling opening plug.

COMPONENT NODE AND A COMPONENT CARRIER FOR THE COMPONENT NODE
20220227220 · 2022-07-21 ·

A component node for a vehicle is provided. The component node has an electric drive motor and an electric energy store. The component node includes at least one function component of a cooling circuit of the vehicle that can be flowed through by cooling liquid and a component carrier. On the component carrier, a component interface or the respective function component is moulded and the respective function component is detachably fastened to the component carrier via the component interface.

VAPOR LEAK SEPARATION AND DETECTION SYSTEM
20210389028 · 2021-12-16 ·

A cooling system includes a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop and a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the first cooling loop to the second cooling loop. The first cooling loop includes a vapor/liquid separation feature configured to separate vapor present in the first cooling loop due to a leak between the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop. The first cooling loop also includes a pressure sensor configured to detect an increase in pressure in the first cooling loop that may result from a leak of second coolant into the first cooling loop.

Cooling system comprising at least two cooling circuits connected to a common expansion tank
11199125 · 2021-12-14 · ·

The present invention relates to a cooling system comprising a first cooling circuit cooling a first object, a second cooling circuit cooling a second object, an expansion tank, a first deaeration line directing coolant and air from the first cooling circuit to the expansion tank, and a second deaeration line directing coolant and air from the second cooling circuit to the expansion tank. The cooling system comprises further a deaeration valve configured to control the flow through the first deaeration line, a single expansion tank outlet line configured to direct all coolant in the expansion tank to the second cooling circuit and a connection line configured to direct coolant from the second cooling circuit to the first cooling circuit.

Apparatus and method for detecting shortage of cooling water in vehicle

In a urea injection system of a vehicle, to detect the shortage of the cooling water by using an electric water pump (EWP) to cool a dosing injector during the running of the vehicle engine, the apparatus for detecting shortage of the cooling water in the vehicle includes a urea injector that injects urea into an exhaust pipe of the vehicle, a pump that cools the urea injector, and a controller that applies a reference current to the pump, measures a time taken until a revolutions per minute (RPM) of the pump reaches a reference RPM, and detects the shortage of the cooling water in the pump by comparing the measured time and a reference time.

Vapor leak separation and detection system

A cooling system includes a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop and a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the first cooling loop to the second cooling loop. The first cooling loop includes a vapor/liquid separation feature configured to separate vapor present in the first cooling loop due to a leak between the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop. The first cooling loop also includes a pressure sensor configured to detect an increase in pressure in the first cooling loop that may result from a leak of second coolant into the first cooling loop.

PRESSURIZED OIL SYSTEM POWERED BY TWO-STROKE ENGINE

A two-stroke engine comprises a first oiling system and a second oiling system. The first oiling system includes a low-pressure pump that distributes oil from a first oil tank to the two-stroke engine. The second oiling system includes a pump mechanically coupled to a crankshaft of the two-stroke engine, wherein the pump distributes oil from a second oil tank to an accessory at a pressure greater than the first oil pressure, wherein oil distributed to the accessory is returned to the second oil tank.

COOLING ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE
20230272734 · 2023-08-31 ·

A cooling arrangement for a vehicle includes a bottle having a first expansion tank for a coolant and a second expansion tank for a coolant, and a cap which is connectable to and disconnectable from the bottle for covering a mouth of the bottle. The mouth having a filling port of the first expansion tank and a filling port of the second expansion tank which both are covered by the cap when the cap is connected to the bottle. The cap is provided with a first pressure relief valve allowing fluid to be discharged from the first expansion tank through the first expansion tank filling port to the atmosphere, and a second pressure relief valve allowing fluid to be discharged from the second expansion tank through the second expansion tank filling port to the atmosphere.

Redundant cooling module for an autonomous vehicle computer
11744050 · 2023-08-29 · ·

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. An example coolant system can be configured in an autonomous vehicle. The system can include a first coolant loop configured with a first series of coolant hoses to communicate a first volume of coolant fluid between a first reservoir, a first coolant pump, a three-way heat exchanger, and a computer system heat exchanger and a second coolant loop configured with a second series of coolant hoses to communicate a second volume of coolant fluid between a second reservoir, a second coolant pump, the three way heat exchanger, and the computer system heat exchanger. The system can further include a third coolant loop configured with a third series of coolant hoses to communicate third volume of coolant fluid between the three-way heat exchanger and an engine heat exchanger of the vehicle.

RESERVOIR TANK
20220155032 · 2022-05-19 ·

This reservoir tank has a tank body, an inflow pipe, a discharge pipe, and a filler port of cooling fluid in the tank body. The tank body has a first chamber and a second chamber, the filler port is provided to fill the second chamber with the cooling fluid, and an upper limit mark and a lower limit mark are displayed on the tank body. The first chamber and the second chamber communicate with each other through a lower communication path at a portion lower than the lower limit mark. Further, the upper communication path communicates a portion of the first chamber higher than the upper limit mark and a portion of the second chamber below the upper limit mark.