Patent ID: 8869779

Claim:
A method of controlling an intercooler of a vehicle, wherein the intercooler is disposed in front of a radiator, the method comprising: providing a bypass valve disposed between an inlet and an outlet connected to opposing ends of a U-shaped cooling part of the intercooler, wherein the cooling part includes a U-shaped channel through which a compressed air flows to be cooled by exchanging heat with wind when the bypass valve is closed or partially opened and the compressed air is directly bypassed from the inlet to the outlet, without passing through the cooling part when the bypass valve is fully opened; determining whether the intercooler or the radiator requires more cooling by measuring one or more of engine load, vehicle speed and gear stage; closing the bypass valve when the intercooler requires more cooling than the radiator; and opening the bypass valve when the radiator requires more cooling than the intercooler; when the intercooler requires more cooling than the radiator, the engine is under a first predetermined vehicle speed and under a first predetermined load, and when the radiator requires more cooling than the intercooler the engine is under a second predetermined vehicle speed and a second predetermined load; wherein the first predetermined vehicle speed is higher than the second predetermined vehicle speed; and wherein the first predetermined vehicle load is lower than the second predetermined vehicle load.