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Arrangement for cooling a vehicle component

  • US 7,210,522 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2006
  • Issued: 05/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An arrangement for cooling at least one vehicle component disposed adjacent to an engine, the arrangement comprising:

  • a cooling circuit, the cooling circuit comprisinga line feeding coolant to the vehicle component and a line feeding coolant from the vehicle component, the line feeding coolant from the vehicle component comprises a nonretum valve,a further line feeding the coolant to the engine, anda flow control valve controlling the coolant in the cooling circuit such that the flow of coolant to the vehicle component is lower than the flow to the engine;

    a pump feeding the coolant through a first line and then onward, on the one hand, to the line feeding coolant to the vehicle component and, on the other hand, to the further line feeding the coolant to the engine, the flow control valve being arranged along the line feeding coolant to the vehicle component;

    a first radiator arranged along the further line feeding the coolant to the engine and a second radiator arranged along the line feeding coolant to the vehicle component, the first radiator and the second radiator being air-cooled.

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