Patent ID: 8960134
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F01P

Abstract:
1. A cooling system for an engine, the engine having a plurality of piston cylinders, the cooling system comprising: a liquid coolant source having liquid coolant; and a cylinder cooling passage network having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being fluidly coupled to the liquid coolant source to receive the liquid coolant, the cylinder cooling passage network receiving and transmitting the liquid coolant therethrough, the cylinder cooling passage network further having: a plurality of individual upstream fluidic passages each being fluidly coupled to the inlet to directly receive the liquid coolant from the liquid coolant source, each of the plurality of individual upstream fluidic passages being configured to establish parallel flow of the liquid coolant relative to the other of the plurality of individual upstream fluidic passages; and a plurality of cylinder jacket passages each extending about a portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of piston cylinders and being positioned immediately adjacent thereto, each of the plurality of cylinder jacket passages being fluidly coupled directly to a corresponding one of the plurality of individual upstream fluidic passages to receive the liquid coolant and transmit the liquid coolant to the outlet, wherein a first of the plurality of individual upstream fluidic passages defines a cross-sectional profile that is different than a second of the plurality of individual upstream fluidic passages.