Cooling apparatus of internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10428720-B2
Application number	US-201815936065-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2018
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

The cooling apparatus of the engine according to the invention supplies the cooling water directly to the cylinder block water passage from the cylinder head water passage when the engine temperature is between first and second temperatures, and a supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is not requested. The first and second temperatures are lower than the engine completely-warmed temperature. The apparatus supplies the cooling water discharged from the cylinder block and head water passages, to the water passages through the heat exchanger when the engine temperature is between the second temperature and the engine completely-warmed temperature, and the supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is not requested.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling apparatus of an internal combustion engine for cooling a cylinder head and a cylinder block of the internal combustion engine by cooling water, comprising:
a pump for circulating the cooling water;
a first water passage formed in the cylinder head;
a second water passage formed in the cylinder block;
a third water passage which connects a first end of the first water passage to a first pump opening which is one of a pump discharging opening and a pump suctioning opening, the pump discharging opening being an opening of the pump for discharging the cooling water, the pump suctioning opening being an opening of the pump for suctioning the cooling water;
a normal flow connection water passage for connecting a first end of the second water passage to the first pump opening;
an opposite flow connection water passage for connecting the first end of the second water passage to a second pump opening which is the other of the pump discharging opening and the pump suctioning opening;
a switching part for switching a water passage between the normal flow connection water passage and the opposite flow connection water passage;
a fourth water passage which connects the second end of the first water passage and the second end of the second water passage to each other;
a fifth water passage and a sixth water passage which connect the fourth water passage to the second pump opening;
a radiator provided in the fifth water passage for cooling the cooling water;
a heat exchanger provided in the sixth water passage for exchanging heat with the cooling water;
a first shut-off valve for opening the fifth water passage when the first shut-off valve is set to an open position and shutting the fifth water passage off when the first shut-off valve is set to a closed position;
a second shut-off valve for opening the sixth water passage when the second shut-off valve is set to an open position and shutting the sixth water passage off when the second shut-off valve is set to a closed position; and
an electronic control unit for controlling activations of the pump, the switching part, the first shut-off valve, and the second shut-off valve,
the cooling water flowing through the normal flow connection water passage when the switching part performs a normal flow connection operation,
the cooling water flowing through the opposite flow connection water passage when the switching part performs an opposite flow connection operation,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
execute a first semi-warmed state control for activating the pump, setting the first shut-off valve to the closed position setting the second shut-off valve to the closed position, and causing the switching part to perform the opposite flow connection operation when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than a first temperature and lower than a second temperature, and a supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is not requested, the first temperature being set to a temperature lower than an engine completely-warmed temperature at which a warming of the internal combustion engine is estimated to be completed, the second temperature being set to a temperature higher than the first temperature and lower than the engine completely-warmed temperature;
execute a completely-warmed state control for activating the pump, setting the first shut-off valve to the open position, setting the second shut-off valve to the closed position, and causing the switching part to perform the normal flow connection operation when the temperature of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than the engine completely-warmed temperature, and the supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is not requested; and
execute a second semi-warmed state control for activating the pump, setting the first shut-off valve to the closed position, setting the second shut-off valve to the open position, and causing the switching part to perform the normal flow connection operation when the temperature of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than the second temperature and lower than the engine completely-warmed temperature, and the supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is not requested.

2. The cooling apparatus of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to stop an activation of the pump when the temperature of the internal combustion engine is lower than the first temperature, and the supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is not requested.

3. The cooling apparatus of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is a heat exchanger for supplying the heat to the cooling water and removing the heat from the cooling water, depending on a temperature of the cooling water.

4. The cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the switching part is configured to shut off the normal and opposite flow connection water passages, and
the electronic control unit is configured to activate the pump, set the first shut-off valve to the closed position, set the second shut-off valve to the open position, and cause the switching part to shut off the normal and opposite flow connection water passages when the engine temperature is lower than the first temperature, and the supply of the cooling water to the heat exchanger is requested.

5. A cooling apparatus of an internal combustion engine for cooling a cylinder head and a cylinder block of the internal combustion engine by cooling water, comprising:
a pump for circulating the cooling water;
a first water passage formed in the cylinder head;
a second water passage formed in the cylinder block;
a third water passage which connects a first end of the second water passage to a first pump opening which is one of a pump discharging opening and a pump suctioning opening, the pump discharging opening being an opening of the pump for discharging the cooling water, the pump suctioning opening being an opening of the pump for suctioning the cooling water;
a normal flow connection water passage for connecting a first end of the first water passage to the first pump opening;
an opposite flow connection water passage for connecting the first end of the first water passage to a second pump opening which is the other of the pump discharging opening and the pump suctioning opening;
a switching part for switching a water passage between the normal flow connection water passage and the opposite flow connection water passage;
a fourth water passage which connects the second end of the first water passage and the second end of the second water passage to each other;
a fifth water passage and a sixth water passage which connect the fourth water passage to the second pump opening;
a radiator provided in the fifth water passage for cooling the cooling water;
a heat exchanger provided in the sixth water passage for exchanging heat with the cooling water;
a first shut-off valve for opening the fifth water passage when the first shut-off valve is set to an open position and shutting the fifth water passage off when the first shut-off valve is set to a closed position;
a second shut-off valve for opening the sixth water passage when the second shut-off valve is set to an open position and shutting the sixth water passage off when the second shut-off valve is set to a closed position; and
an electronic control unit for controlling activations of the pump, the switching part, the first shut-off valve, and the second shut-off valve,
the cooling water flowing through the normal flow connection water passage when the switching part performs a normal flow connection operation,
the cooling water flowing through the opposite flow connection water p

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Yoshio
• Miyoshi Yuji
• Shinagawa Tomohiro
• Hirata Yoshiharu

Classifications

• F01P2005/105

  Using two or more pumps · CPC title

• F01P2025/50

  using two or more temperature sensors · CPC title

• F01P3/02 Primary

  Arrangements for cooling cylinders or cylinder heads · CPC title

• F01P2003/028

  Cooling cylinders and cylinder heads in series · CPC title

• F01P2025/31

  Cylinder temperature · CPC title