Cooling system for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677141-B2
Application number	US-201515531127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator is adjusted so that the temperature of the cooling water is less than a prescribed temperature that is a temperature higher than the threshold value if a load exerted on the internal combustion engine is not less than a predetermined load, while the heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator is adjusted so that the heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator is increased if the load exerted on the internal combustion engine is less than the predetermined load as compared with if the load exerted on the internal combustion engine is not less than the predetermined load.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a radiator configured to radiate heat from cooling water for the internal combustion engine;
a radiator side cooling water route configured to circulate the cooling water through the radiator and the internal combustion engine;
a bypass side cooling water route configured to circulate the cooling water through the internal combustion engine while detouring the radiator;
a changer configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route and the bypass side cooling water route if a temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is not less than a threshold value, and configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the bypass side cooling water route while not allowing the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route if the temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is less than the threshold value;
a heat radiation amount varier configured to vary a heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator, the heat radiation amount varier being a shutter which opens/closes on a flow passage for air when the air passes through the radiator,
a controller configured to, under a load condition of the internal combustion engine where the load of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than a predetermined load, control the heat radiation amount by closing the shutter such that the temperature of the cooling water is equal to or higher than the threshold value and lower than a prescribed temperature that is higher than the threshold value, and configured to, under another load condition of the internal combustion engine where the load of the internal combustion engine is less than the predetermined load, control the heat radiation amount by opening the shutter such that the heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator is larger than that in the case where the load of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than the predetermined load.

2. The cooling system for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the changer is a thermostat configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route and the bypass side cooling water route if the temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is not less than the threshold value and configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the bypass side cooling water route while not allowing the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route if the temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is less than the threshold value.

3. The cooling system for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the flow rate of the cooling water in the internal combustion engine is substantially increased when the cooling water is allowed to flow through both of the radiator side cooling water route and the bypass side cooling water route as compared with when the cooling water is allowed to flow through only the bypass side cooling water route, and wherein a larger amount of heat is removed from the internal combustion engine by increasing the flow rate of the cooling water.

4. A cooling system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a radiator configured to radiate heat from cooling water for the internal combustion engine;
a radiator side cooling water route configured to circulate the cooling water through the radiator and the internal combustion engine;
a bypass side cooling water route configured to circulate the cooling water through the internal combustion engine while detouring the radiator;
a changer configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route and the bypass side cooling water route if a temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is not less than a threshold value, and configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the bypass side cooling water route while not allowing the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route if the temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is less than the threshold value;
a heat radiation amount varier configured to vary a heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator, the heat radiation amount varier being a shutter which opening degree is adjustable on a flow passage for air when the air passes through the radiator,
a controller configured to, under a load condition of the internal combustion engine where the load of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than a predetermined load, control the heat radiation amount by decreasing the opening degree of the shutter such that the temperature of the cooling water is equal to or higher than the threshold value and lower than a prescribed temperature that is higher than the threshold value, and configured to, under another load condition of the internal combustion engine where the load of the internal combustion engine is less than the predetermined load, control the heat radiation amount by increasing the opening degree of the shutter such that the heat radiation amount from the cooling water in the radiator is larger than that in the case where the load of the internal combustion engine is equal to or higher than the predetermined load.

5. The cooling system for the internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein the changer is a thermostat configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route and the bypass side cooling water route if the temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is not less than the threshold value and configured to allow the cooling water to flow through the bypass side cooling water route while not allowing the cooling water to flow through the radiator side cooling water route if the temperature of the cooling water for the internal combustion engine is less than the threshold value.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Michikawauchi Ryo

Classifications

• F01P2003/187

  arranged in series · CPC title

• F01P7/165 Primary

  characterised by systems with two or more loops · CPC title

• F01P2025/64

  Number of revolutions · CPC title

• F01P7/10 Primary

  by throttling amount of air flowing through liquid-to-air heat exchangers · CPC title

• F01P2007/168

  By varying the cooling capacity of a liquid-to-air heat-exchanger · CPC title