A heat management device for a vehicle equipped with heat related systems includes an acquisition unit and a flow rate control unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a temperature related value from electronic control devices corresponding to the heat related systems. The temperature related value includes a temperature adjustment related value and/or an upper limit value. The flow rate control unit is configured to control switching devices that switch flow rate of fluid flowing through the heat related systems from a common path in which the fluid can circulate between the heat related systems. The flow rate control unit controls flow rate of the fluid flowing from the common path to the heat related systems by controlling the switching devices in response to the temperature related value acquired by the acquisition unit for a predetermined scene of the vehicle.

A warm-up method based on a temperature control module, a vehicle, and a storage medium. The warm-up method based on the temperature control module comprises: entering a cold start mode; obtaining current temperature control parameters, the temperature control parameters comprising a current water temperature value, a current engine speed, and a current engine load; obtaining working parameters of a temperature control module according to the temperature control parameters; controlling the temperature control module according to the working parameters to adjust the water temperature to warm an engine, and updating the current water temperature value; and after the updated current water temperature value does not exceed a warm-up threshold, returning to the step of obtaining the current temperature control parameters to enter the next cycle.

An engine system is provided, including an engine having a water jacket, a circulation system that circulates coolant through the water jacket, and a controller. The circulation system includes a radiator passage including a heat exchanger, a bypass passage bypassing the heat exchanger, a flow rate control device, and a thermally-actuated valve connected to the radiator passage and that opens to allow the coolant to pass through the heat exchanger. When an engine load is below a first load, the controller controls the flow rate control device to adjust the coolant flow rate flowing through the water jacket according to the load, by closing the radiator passage and adjusting the coolant flow rate flowing through the bypass passage. When the load is above the first load, the controller controls the flow rate control device so that the coolant flows through each of the radiator passage and the bypass passage.

A system and method for controlling the operation of a vehicle radiator fan motor is provided. One embodiment receives one of a low-speed radiator fan control signal or a high-speed radiator fan control signal from an engine control module; provides a first soft start of the radiator fan motor in response to receiving the low-speed radiator fan control signal, wherein the first soft start is defined by a first increasing power ramp that starts at a zero-power level and ends at a low-speed power level; and provides a second soft start of the radiator fan motor in response to receiving the high-speed radiator fan control signal, wherein the second soft start is defined by a second increasing power ramp that starts at the zero-power level and ends at a high-speed power level.

A piston oil squirter is selectively opened when an oil temperature is below a threshold oil temperature to transfer heat from the combustion chamber and heat the oil more rapidly when the engine is cold.

Disclosed is a method for heating a housing containing at least one functional member, the housing including: at least one wall shared with a reservoir intended to receive a liquid; and at least one wall provided with an orifice leading to the outside and closed by a pressure equalizing membrane porous to water vapor and impermeable to liquid water. The method is notable in that the interior volume of the housing is heated in at least one of the following situations: when the reservoir is subjected to a drop in temperature other than a drop in temperature likely to cause the liquid to freeze; each time a vehicle equipped with this housing is started; and when thermal conditions capable of producing condensates are detected in the interior volume of the housing, closed by the membrane.

An engine cooling device includes a heater circulation passage including an exhaust-side channel and a heater channel, the exhaust-side channel extending through an exhaust port-side portion of a cylinder head, the heater channel extending through a heater core; an auxiliary device circulation passage including a main channel and an auxiliary device channel, the main channel extending through a portion of the cylinder head other than the exhaust port-side portion, the auxiliary device channel extending through an auxiliary device; a temperature detecting portion configured to detect a temperature of an engine; and a channel switching valve configured to perform connection between the main channel and the auxiliary device channel and connection between the heater circulation passage and the auxiliary device circulation passage depending on the detected temperature falling within one of three temperature ranges.

A coolant control device includes: first control means for, at warm-up of an internal combustion engine, circulating coolant in a first passage bypassing the engine and stopping coolant circulation in the second passage passing through the engine; second control means for, at engine warm-up and when the quantity of heat required by a heater core is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold, circulating coolant in the first passage while adjusting the flow rate of coolant circulating in the first passage and stopping coolant circulation in the second passage; and third control means for, at engine warm-up and when the required quantity of heat exceeds the predetermined threshold, circulating coolant in the first passage without decreasing the flow rate of coolant circulating in the first passage and circulating coolant in the second passage while adjusting the flow rate of coolant circulating in the second passage.

In a vehicle cooling system, a quantity of warm coolant stored within a thermally insulated tank is used to heat engine lubricating oil in an engine warm-up phase following a cold start. A conduit feeding coolant leaving the engine is connected to an inlet of the tank via a reduced cross-section or a labyrinth pathway. The conduit is connected to an inlet of an electronically controlled distribution valve having three outlets connected to the oil cooler, a passenger compartment heater, and a radiator. In an initial part of the warm-up phase, the valve is closed, and the entire flow of coolant leaving the engine flows into the tank, moving the quantity of warm coolant previously stored in the tank to the oil cooler, where it contributes to more rapid heating of the lubricating oil. When the engine is switched-off, the tank is again filled with warm coolant from the engine.

A surgical stapler including an anvil, a staple cartridge, and a buttress material removably retained to the anvil and/or staple cartridge. In various embodiments, the staple cartridge can include at least one staple removably stored therein which can, when deployed, or fired, therefrom, contact the buttress material and remove the buttress material from the anvil and/or staple cartridge. In at least one embodiment, the anvil can include at least one lip and/or groove configured to removably retain the buttress material to the anvil until deformable members extending from the surgical staple are bent by the anvil and are directed toward and contact the buttress material.