A vehicle comprising: a coolant header tank defining a storage volume for storing a fluid coolant and having a minimum fluid level within the storage volume, the coolant header tank comprising a port connected to the portion of the storage volume that contains fluid when filled to the minimum fluid level; and a temperature regulating system configured to carry the fluid coolant, the temperature regulating circuit comprising a branch connected between an air collecting region of the temperature regulating system and the port of the coolant header tank to permit air to flow from the temperature regulating system to the coolant header tank, the temperature regulating system being configured so that the air collecting region is higher than a horizontal plane that is defined by the minimum fluid level.
Coolant header tank
2019-04-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F01P Kühlung von Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen allgemein , COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |