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| 20100185352 | HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine | 07-22-2010 |
| 20130232951 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE FOR OIL TEMPERATURE CONTROL - The present disclosure describes systems and methods to increase the speed of engine warm up by heating oil with a thermoelectric device and also to generate electricity using the same thermoelectric device, exploiting a temperature gradient between engine oil and exhaust gases. The disclosure describes a vehicle engine, comprising: an engine oil reservoir; an exhaust gas system; and a thermoelectric device having a hot side and a cold side and connected to a battery, wherein, the thermoelectric device is configured such that the hot side is thermally coupled to the exhaust gas system and the cold side is thermally coupled to the engine oil reservoir. A diverter valve and duct are provided in the exhaust gas system to selectively convey exhaust gases to the thermoelectric device located in or adjacent to the engine oil reservoir. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130306021 | ENGINE SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An engine system is disclosed in which the transfer of heat from oil flowing through an integrally formed oil transfer passage of the engine is reduced by providing a thermal barrier between the oil and the engine. In one example the thermal barrier is provided by the use of a thick walled plastic tube and in other embodiments ribs are used to separate an oil flow passage from the engine. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140305399 | ENGINE BEARING BLOCK ASSEMBLY - A bearing block assembly in an engine is provided. The bearing block assembly includes at least one bearing block to rotatably support an oil lubricated shaft and fastening apparatus to attach the at least one bearing block to a flat mounting surface on a large engine component and a thermal barrier positioned between the shaft and the flat mounting surface configured to reduce the loss of heat to the large engine component from oil used to lubricate the shaft. | 10-16-2014 |
