Patent ID: 7717070

Claim:
A cooler module for cooling oil that is circulating in an oil-circulating system of an engine by means of a coolant stream flowing through an engine coolant channel comprising: an engine block; a module housing covering a portion of the engine block; an oil-coolant heat exchanger connected to the module housing; and an oil filter connected to the module housing, wherein: a portion of the module housing and a portion of the engine block form at least one module coolant channel for transporting coolant through the engine to the oil-coolant heat exchanger and to the oil filter, the module coolant channel is at least partially in the form of a channel section of the engine coolant channel and partially in the form of a bypass channel to the engine coolant channel or to the module coolant channel, and the module coolant channel is in fluid communication with the oil-coolant heat exchanger to divide the coolant stream into two partial coolant streams to produce a parallel connection of the two partial coolant streams.