Patent ID: 9732661
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B60H,F01P,F02F

Claim:
1. An assembly, comprising a first water jacket portion establishing a plurality of first fluid channels that are situated to facilitate fluid movement along at least a first plane; a second water jacket portion situated near the first water jacket portion, the second water jacket portion establishing a plurality of second fluid channels that are situated to facilitate fluid movement along at least a second plane that is generally parallel to the first plane; and at least one connector portion establishing a plurality of connector fluid channels that are situated to facilitate fluid movement between at least one of the first fluid channels and at least one of the second fluid channels along a direction that is transverse to the first and second plane; an inlet to the first water jacket portion on a first side of the first water jacket portion; an outlet from the second water jacket portion on the first side of the first water jacket portion; an engine cylinder block, wherein the first water jacket portion includes a cylinder block outlet for directing some fluid from the first fluid channels toward the engine cylinder block; a vehicle cabin heater, wherein the outlet from the second water jacket portion directs the at least some of the fluid toward the vehicle cabin heater; and a flow control element that is selectively controllable to prioritize fluid flow through the cylinder block outlet when warming engine oil is desired and prioritize fluid flow through the outlet from the second water jacket portion when warming the vehicle cabin heater is desired; wherein