Patent ID: 8448696
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B60H,B60K,B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A coolant de-aeration system, comprising: a reservoir; a plurality of de-aeration chambers within said reservoir; a plurality of de-aeration chamber apertures, wherein each of said plurality of de-aeration chambers is segregated from other de-aeration chambers of said plurality of de-aeration chambers except for said plurality of de-aeration chamber apertures; a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet, wherein said reservoir inlet and said reservoir outlet share a common coolant flow pathway that allows coolant to flow directly between said reservoir inlet and said reservoir outlet without passing through said plurality of de-aeration chambers; and a reservoir inlet aperture, wherein a first portion of coolant passing from said reservoir inlet to said reservoir outlet along said common coolant flow pathway passes through said reservoir inlet aperture into one of said plurality of de-aeration chambers, wherein said plurality of de-aeration chamber apertures direct coolant flow from said reservoir inlet aperture, through said plurality of de-aeration chambers, through a reservoir outlet aperture into said common coolant flow pathway, and wherein a second portion of coolant passes directly from said reservoir inlet to said reservoir outlet along said common coolant flow pathway without passing through said plurality of de-aeration chambers.