ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM HAVING THERMOSTAT

• US 20160258341A1
• Filed: 08/10/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoon, Seok Jun, Hwang, Joong Hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/822,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20160258341A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 11/08 Arrangements of lubricant coolers in lubrication apparatus F01M
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2003/027 Cooling cylinders and cylinder heads in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 3/02 Arrangements for cooling cylinders or cylinder heads
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 3/20 Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine F01P3/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 7/16 by thermostatic control
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/28 with liquid-cooled heat exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/73 with means for heating or cooling the EGR valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

An engine cooling system having thermostat may include a cylinder head disposed on a cylinder block and forming a combustion chamber with the cylinder block, and configured to include an intake port and an exhaust port connected to the combustion chamber, a coolant valve configured to receive a coolant that is passed through the cylinder head and the cylinder block and exhausted from each of a first side of the cylinder head and the cylinder block, and configured to distribute the coolant to cooling elements, an oil cooler disposed to control temperature of an oil that circulates through the cylinder head or the cylinder block, and a thermostat configured to receive a coolant exhausted from a second side of the cylinder block, and selectively transmit the coolant to the oil cooler.

Claims

1. An engine cooling system having thermostat, comprising:

a cylinder head disposed on a cylinder block and forming a combustion chamber with the cylinder block, and configured to include an intake port and an exhaust port connected to the combustion chamber;

a coolant valve configured to receive a coolant that is passed through the cylinder head and the cylinder block and exhausted from each of a first side of the cylinder head and the cylinder block, and configured to distribute the coolant to cooling elements;

an oil cooler disposed to control temperature of an oil that circulates through the cylinder head or the cylinder block; and

a thermostat configured to receive a coolant exhausted from a second side of the cylinder block, and selectively transmit the coolant to the oil cooler.

2. The engine cooling system of claim 1, wherein the cooling elements comprise:

a radiator configured to disperse heat of the coolant to an outside;

an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler disposed on an EGR line which is configured to recirculate an exhaust gas exhausted from the exhaust port to the intake port, and disposed to cool a recirculation exhaust gas; and

a heater disposed to heat internal air of a vehicle.

3. The engine cooling system of claim 1, further comprising:

an EGR line configured to recirculate an exhaust gas, which is discharged from the exhaust port to the intake port, to the intake port; and

an EGR valve disposed in the EGR line,

wherein the coolant having passed through a first side of the thermostat is passed through one side of the EGR valve and cools it.

4. The engine cooling system of claim 3, wherein

the thermostat is configured to continuously circulate the coolant supplied from the cylinder block to the EGR valve.

5. The engine cooling system of claim 3, wherein the thermostat comprises:

a thermostat housing having an inlet that is supplied with a coolant from the cylinder block at the first side, having an outlet that supplies the coolant to the oil cooler at a second side, having a housing space between the inlet and the outlet, and having a branching path that is branched from the housing space and connected to the EGR valve;

a piston shaft having a first end portion fixed to a fixing unit that is fixed at a central portion of the outlet;

a piston case in which a second end portion of the piston shaft is inserted;

a wax case engaged to the piston case, and filled with a wax according to a temperature therein; and

a first valve fixed to an outer part of the piston case and disposed to open and close the outlet according to a contraction and expansion state of the wax.

6. The engine cooling system of claim 5, wherein the thermostat further comprises:

a guide plate of which an end portion of the wax case is disposed to be inserted at a central portion, and an edge is disposed at a guide groove that is formed at an interior circumference of the inlet; and

an elastic member elastically supporting the wax case toward the fixing unit with respect to the guide plate so as to close the outlet by the first valve.

7. The engine cooling system of claim 2, wherein

the EGR cooler and the heater are sequentially disposed at a coolant line to supply the coolant having passed through the EGR cooler to the heater.

8. The engine cooling system of claim 7, wherein

the coolant valve is configured to separately control a coolant supplied to the EGR cooler and the radiator, and continuously receive the coolant from the cylinder head and selectively receive the coolant from the cylinder block.

9. The engine cooling system of claim 6, wherein

an edge of the guide plate is inserted to the guide groove, so as to move from the inlet to the outlet along a length direction of the guide groove.