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US 2017/0248065 A1Published application
Thermal management system and method ofmaking and using the same
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorsXiaobing LIU, John SHUTTY, KOWALSKE Glenn
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Abstract
A number of variations may include a thermal management system having an engine and a coolant system comprising a coolant circuit and a coolant pump, wherein the coolant pump is operated by an electronic control unit that operates independently of the engine, and wherein the electronic control unit is constructed and arranged to operate the coolant pump at a higher speed than the engine speed multiplied by pulley ratio during engine warm up.
Claims20
A product comprising:
- a thermal management system comprising:
- an engine and a coolant system comprising a coolant circuit and a coolant pump wherein the coolant pump is operated by an electronic control unit that operates independently of the engine, and wherein the electronic control unit is constructed and arranged to operate the coolant pump at a higher speed than the engine speed multiplied by pulley ratio during engine warm up.
A method comprising:
- providing a thermal management system comprising:
- an engine and a coolant system comprising a coolant circuit and a coolant pump wherein the coolant pump is operated by an electronic control unit that operates independently of the engine;
- and
- operating the thermal management system during engine warm up wherein the coolant pump speed is higher than engine speed multiplied by pulley ratio.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.