Charge air cooling system and charge air cooler for the same
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorJohn VanderMeer
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A charge air cooler cools charge air compressed with a compressor. The charge air cooler includes a shell and an inner tube, which is accommodated in the shell and exposed to an interior of the shell. The shell has an inlet and an inlet to enable charge air to flow through the inlet, the interior of the shell, and the inlet and to pass around the inner tube in the shell. The inner tube is configured to draw working fluid from a transmission device of the vehicle or an engine and to conduct heat exchange between charge air, which flows through the interior of the shell, and working fluid to warm working fluid.
Claims9
A charge air cooling system for an engine of a vehicle, the charge air cooling system comprising:
- a compressor to compress intake air to produce a charge air;
- a charge air cooler configured to receive the charge air from the compressor;
- a first radiator configured to receive air;
- and
- a transmission device for manipulating output power of the engine, wherein
- in a starting state after ignition of the engine, the charge air cooler is configured to receive a working fluid from at least one of the transmission device or the engine and to conduct heat exchange between the charge air and the working fluid to cool the charge air and to warm the working fluid,
- in a normal state subsequent to the starting state,
- the charge air cooler is configured not to receive working fluid from the transmission device or working fluid from the engine, and
- the first radiator is configured to receive working fluid from the transmission device or working fluid from the engine and to conduct heat exchange between working fluid and air to cool working fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.