A coolant system for a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsNikhil N KULKARNI, Manoj Kumar S
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Abstract
A coolant system for a vehicle, and a device and method for a coolant circuit of a vehicle thereof. The coolant system may comprise a coolant circuit, a pump configured for circulating a coolant in the coolant circuit, a heat exchanger connected to the coolant circuit and configured for exchanging heat between the coolant circulating through the heat exchanger and a vehicle component, a sensor connected to the coolant circuit and configured for sensing gas in the coolant circuit, an electronic control unit (ECU) communicatively connected to the sensor and configured for receiving data relating to the sensed gas from the sensor, and a valve integrated with a connector of the coolant circuit and configured for discharging the gas in the coolant circuit.
Claims20
A coolant system for a vehicle, the coolant system comprising:
- a coolant circuit;
- a pump configured for circulating a coolant in the coolant circuit;
- a heat exchanger connected to the coolant circuit and configured for exchanging heat between the coolant circulating through the heat exchanger and a vehicle component;
- a sensor connected to the coolant circuit and configured for sensing gas in the coolant circuit;
- an electronic control unit (ECU) communicatively connected to the sensor and configured for receiving data relating to the sensed gas from the sensor;
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- a valve integrated with a connector of the coolant circuit and configured for discharging the gas in the coolant circuit.
A device for a coolant circuit of a vehicle, the coolant circuit including a quick connector and the device comprising:
- a sensor connected to the coolant circuit of the vehicle to sense gas in the coolant circuit, and communicatively connected to an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle to send data relating to the sensed gas to the ECU;
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- a valve arranged in the coolant circuit and coupled to the quick connector of the coolant circuit to discharge the gas in the coolant circuit.
A method for a coolant circuit of a vehicle, the coolant circuit comprising a sensor communicatively connected to an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle, a quick connector, and a valve coupled to the quick connector, the method comprising:
- sensing, with the sensor, gas in the coolant circuit;
- sending, with the sensor, data relating to the sensed gas to an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle via a communicatively connection between the sensor and the ECU;
- receiving, with the ECU, the data relating to the sensed gas from the sensor;
- discharging, with the valve, the gas in the coolant circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.