Technique for cooling for an internal combustion engine

Abstract

An internal combustion engine including a cooling liquid circuit, which is connected to a cylinder head and an engine block of the internal combustion engine and which includes a cooling liquid pump. The cooling liquid pump includes a drive shaft and is capable of conveying cooling liquid in the cooling liquid circuit. Further, the internal combustion engine includes a Visco clutch. The Visco clutch is arranged for the drive by the internal combustion engine. The Visco clutch includes a clutch fluid for torque transmission. At the output side, the Visco clutch is connected to the drive shaft of the cooling liquid pump. The drive shaft of the cooling liquid pump include at least one heat pipe. The heat pipe is in heat exchange with the clutch fluid as a heat source and the cooling liquid as a heat sink.

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