Engine off cooling strategy

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9964022
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14669097

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A system includes a coolant management module that, determines whether an engine of a vehicle is off, determines, in response to a determination that the engine is off, whether a heater associated with the engine is on, receives one of a plurality of engine coolant temperature (ECT) measurements and a respective location associated with the received ECT measurement, and communicates the respective location and an instruction to direct engine coolant flow from the respective location to one of the heater and engine. The system also includes a coolant control module that selectively actuates one or more coolant control valves based on the respective location and the instruction.

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GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCDETROIT MI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Yue-Ming Ann Arbor, US 18 56
Gonze, Eugene V Pickney, US 195 1878
Knieper, Christopher Harold Chesaning, US 3 13
Ramappan, Vijay Novi, US 49 423

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