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LUBRICATION SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

  • US 20130042825A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2009
  • Published: 02/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A lubrication system of an internal combustion engine comprising:

  • an internal combustion engine through which lubricating oil circulates;

    a generator that is capable of carrying out heat exchange with the lubricating oil in said internal combustion engine; and

    control means that raises the temperature of the lubricating oil by means of heat produced by said generator and supplies the lubricating oil thus raised in temperature to said internal combustion engine, wherein said control means decreases an amount of the lubricating oil to be heat exchanged with said generator in a period of time in which the temperature of said generator becomes lower than the temperature of the lubricating oil.

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