Patent ID: 6401670
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F01M,F16H,F28F

Abstract:
A device for regulating oil temperature, particularly transmission oil of a vehicle transmission, having a heat exchanger through which the oil flows and to which coolant from an internal combustion engine can be supplied through at least one valve controlled by at least one thermostatic operating element immersed in the oil, the device comprising:a flow control body attachable to the heat exchanger, the flow control body having an oil channel formed therein and connecting an oil outlet of the heat exchanger to an oil return of the flow control body, a housing enclosing the thermostatic operating element, a first portion of the housing of the thermostatic operating element protruding into the oil channel for detecting and responding to the temperature of the oil in the oil chamber, a work piston operably connected to said thermostatic operating element and operably connected to the at least one valve, the at least one valve includes a first valve disposed between at least one coolant inlet of the flow control body and a coolant opening connecting the flow control body to the heat exchanger, and the heat exchanger having a coolant return; wherein the flow control body includes a coolant conduit having a first end extending into the oil channel and forming a seat for a second portion of the housing of the thermostatic operating element projecting into the coolant conduit.