Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve arrangement for venting a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine
- Patent Title (中): 用于排放内燃机的冷却剂回路的阀装置
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Application No.: US13092592Application Date: 2011-04-22
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Publication No.: US08485143B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Matthias Honzen , Sebastian Riedl , Christoph Anton
- Applicant: Matthias Honzen , Sebastian Riedl , Christoph Anton
- Applicant Address: DE Ingolstadt
- Assignee: Audi AG
- Current Assignee: Audi AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ingolstadt
- Agency: Henry M. Feiereisen LLC
- Priority: DE102010018089 20100424
- Main IPC: F01P7/14
- IPC: F01P7/14 ; F01P9/04 ; F01P1/06 ; F01P3/22 ; F02F1/10 ; F02B75/18 ; F16K24/04

Abstract:
A valve arrangement for venting a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine having several subcircuits includes a valve which is in fluid communication with a primary vent line extending from one of the subcircuits. At least one secondary vent line is in fluid communication with the valve and extends from another one of the subcircuits. The primary and secondary vent lines are connectable to a shared third vent line which feeds into a compensating reservoir arranged at a geodetically highest point in the coolant circuit. The valve is constructed to establish a continuous fluid communication of the primary vent line with the compensating reservoir via the third vent line and to establish a fluid communication of the secondary vent line with the compensating reservoir via the third vent line only in the presence of air bubbles in the secondary vent line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120097364A1 VALVE ARRANGEMENT FOR VENTING A COOLANT CIRCUIT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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