Cooler for use in a vehicle combustion engine

Details Cooler for use in a vehicle combustion engine Cooler for use in a vehicle combustion engine

1999-05-04

2001-03-20

Lazarus, Ira S. (Department: 3743)

Internal-combustion engines

Cooling

With liquid coolant circulating means

C123S041140, C123S041120, C123S041550, C123S041460, C165S010000, C165S120000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06202602

ABSTRACT:

SPECIFICATION
Field of the Invention
It is known to arrange in the cooling-media circuit of a combustion engine a cooler, as well as a latent heat storage system. The cooling medium is circulated via a pump and in the engine space of the motor vehicle the motor, the cooler and the latent heat storage system, as well as the pump of the cooling-medium circuit, constitute separate units which are mounted in the engine space one after the other.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to simplify the production, assembly and repair, particularly the replacement of the units of a cooling-medium circuit and to make them more cost-effective, simultaneously reducing the space requirements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This object is attained according to the invention in that a latent heat storage system and/or a motor pump are fastened on the cooler and connected in the cooling-water circuit. Thereby the cooler together with the latent heat storage system and/or the motor pump circulating the cooling medium form a structural unit, which considerably simplifies the production and assembly. Repairs are also facilitated and considerably less room is required in the engine space.
It is particularly advantageous when the latent heat storage system and/or the pump is/are arranged along the upper, lower and/or frontal side of the cooler. It is also advantageous for space saving when the pump is coaxially fastened to one frontal side of the latent heat storage system.
It is particularly advantageous when, on the side of the pump housing facing away from the electric motor, there is a flat connection surface with an inlet and an outlet, by means of which the pump can be fastened to the cooler and/or the latent heat storage system. Thereby between the connection surface and the pump and/or the cooler a plate can be fastened which has a hydraulic distributor and/or a valve (particularly a three-way valve).
A particularly advantageous application of a pump is given when the pump is a pipe pump, whose rotor is coaxially traversed by the flow. Also the electric motor of the pump can have a magnetic rotor, whereby the pump requires very little space and can be affixed by means of a plate to the adjacent aggregate.
A further integration and space reduction is achieved when on a frontal side of the pump and/or of the latent heat storage system a housing is mounted which contains electronic components for adjustment.


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