A cooling device for a vehicle, includes a cooling circuit including a first circuit in which a cooling liquid circulates through a power control unit and a second circuit connected in parallel with the first circuit and in which the cooling liquid circulates through a battery without passing through the power control unit; and a flow-rate control unit that controls a proportion of a flow rate of the cooling liquid between the first circuit and the second circuit, and when the battery is being charged with the electric power of the external power supply, the control unit controls so that the flow rate of the cooling liquid flowing through the second circuit is greater than the flow rate of the cooling liquid flowing through the first circuit on a side of the power control unit.

A vehicle driveline component with a housing, a rotary power transmission system, a lubricant and a lubrication de-aerator. The housing defines a cavity and a sump. The rotary power transmission system is received in the cavity and includes a plurality of gears that are in meshing engagement. The lubricant is received in the sump and is employed to lubricate the rotary power transmission system. The lubrication de-aerator is received in the housing and has at least one matrix of de-aeration cells that extend between an upper surface and a lower surface. Each of the de-aeration cells has a cell inlet, which is formed through the upper surface, and a cell outlet that is formed through the lower surface. Each of the de-aeration cells tapers between its cell inlet and its cell outlet.

An electric work vehicle includes a battery, a motor positioned under the battery and drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, an inverter positioned under the battery and forward of the motor to convert direct-current electric power from the battery into alternating-current electric power and supply the alternating-current electric power to the motor, and a transmission positioned backward of the battery to transmit a driving force of the motor to the travel device, wherein the motor and the inverter are arranged in a front-back direction of a machine body.

An electric work vehicle includes a travel battery, an auxiliary battery, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the travel battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, a voltage converter positioned forward of the travel battery to step down a voltage of electric power from the travel battery and supply the electric power to the auxiliary battery, and a radiator positioned forward of the travel battery, wherein the voltage converter and the radiator are laterally next to each other in a plan view.

A cooling system for a vehicle is provided. The cooling system includes a condenser having a first inlet header, a first outlet header, and a plurality of first tubes connecting between the first inlet header and the first outlet header. Additionally, a radiator of the system includes a second inlet header, a second outlet header, and a plurality of second tubes connecting between the second inlet header and the second outlet header. A fan assembly is disposed in front of or behind the condenser and the radiator and includes at least one cooling fan. The condenser and the radiator are arranged side by side on the front of the vehicle.

An integration component for a temperature-control system of a motor vehicle, by which component a fluidic circuit is formed, has a finished part for conducting a coolant and at least one fluid element. The finished part has an outer housing; a cooling channel structure which is formed by a network of cavities within the outer housing and is intended for conducting the coolant; cooling channel connections for cooling channels of the cooling channel structure, which connections are formed in one piece with the outer housing and can be coupled to components of the temperature-control system; and at least one receiving portion for the at least one fluid element, wherein the at least one fluid element is located above the receiving portion in order to influence a flow of the coolant in at least one cooling channel of the cooling channel structure.

Vehicle platforms and thermal management systems, subsystems, and components for use therewith are described. Thermal management architectures and systems incorporate thermal management cycles for one or more of drive train, energy storage and passenger cabin systems. Thermal manage architectures are provided such that the flow of heating and cooling fluids through such thermal management cycles may be combined in various configurations. Systems having thermal management cycles for drive train (e.g., motor, transmission, etc.) and energy storage (e.g., battery) that may be operated through a combined heating/cooling fluid loop are also provided. Embodiments are also directed to systems having thermal management cycles for the HVAC that is fluidly isolated, but thermally coupled to one or both of the drivetrain and energy storage components. Heating/cooling loops for these thermal management cycles may be functionally linked through one or more valves such that the fluid flow through such cycles may be combined together, isolated from each other or mixed in various desired configurations.

Motor vehicle comprising an electric motor for driving the motor vehicle and a power converter device for supplying an alternating current to the electric motor, the power converter device having a cooling device, and the cooling device comprising at least one coolant connection, which is fluidically connected to a coolant port of the electric motor to form a common cooling circuit.

An electric machine including a distributed cooling system is disclosed. The electric machine includes a housing, a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, and a distributed cooling system. The distributed cooling system comprising at least one inlet, a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage extending axially in a first direction through at least a portion of the rotor shaft to direct a flow of coolant in the first direction. A second passage fluidly coupled to the first passage extending in a second direction through at least a portion of the rotor shaft between a receiving end and a distributing end. At least one third passage fluidly coupled to the second passage extending between a first end and a second end and distributes coolant received from the second passage to at least one of the first end or the second end into the stator assembly.

An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a valve, a radiator loop configured to be connected to the valve, a power electronics loop configured to be connected to the valve, a heater loop configured to be connected to the valve, and a battery loop configured to be connected to the valve. The valve is configured to connect one or more of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops together and the valve is configured to isolate at least one of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops from any remaining loops of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops.