IP Library Granted Patent US 12,460,571
Granted Patent B2
US 12,460,571 · App. 18/264,828 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Cooling module for a motor vehicle for cooling a drive unit of the motor vehicle, and motor vehicle and method for assembling a motor vehicle

Inventors: László Zoltán Szénási (Győr, HU); Attila Ádám (Telki, HU)
Assignee: AUDI AG
F01P5/10F01P2011/061
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Patent No.
US 12,460,571
App. No.
18/264,828
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling module for a motor vehicle for cooling at least one drive unit of the motor vehicle, having a cooling module housing which has a coolant reservoir for providing a liquid or gaseous cooling medium; a first interface unit for accommodating a predetermined pump unit; a second interface unit for accommodating a predetermined filter unit; and a third interface unit for accommodating a predetermined heat exchange unit.

Claims (22)

1 . A cooling module for a motor vehicle for cooling at least one drive unit of the motor vehicle, comprising:

a cooling module housing which has the following components:

a coolant reservoir for providing a liquid or gaseous cooling medium;

a first interface unit for accommodating a pump unit;

a second interface unit for accommodating a filter unit; and

a third interface unit for accommodating a heat exchange unit;

wherein the pump unit, the filter unit and the heat exchange unit are arranged at the respective associated interface units of the cooling module housing; and

wherein the interface units of the cooling module housing are all arranged in a common half of the cooling module housing.

2 . The cooling module according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling module housing has a further interface unit, wherein an electronic control unit is arranged on the further interface unit, and wherein the pump unit is configured to be controlled by the electronic control unit.

3 . The cooling module according to claim 2 , wherein the cooling module housing has a bearing interface, wherein a cardan shaft unit of the motor vehicle is configured to be arranged on the bearing interface for supporting the cardan shaft unit.

4 . The cooling module according to claim 2 , wherein a housing of the coolant reservoir is integrated at least in part into the cooling module housing.

5 . The cooling module according to claim 2 , wherein the interface units of the cooling module housing are all arranged in a common half of the cooling module housing.

6 . The cooling module according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling module housing has a bearing interface, wherein a cardan shaft unit of the motor vehicle is configured to be arranged on the bearing interface for supporting the cardan shaft unit.

7 . The cooling module according to claim 6 , wherein a housing of the coolant reservoir is integrated at least in part into the cooling module housing.

8 . The cooling module according to claim 6 , wherein the interface units of the cooling module housing are all arranged in a common half of the cooling module housing.

9 . The cooling module according to claim 1 , wherein a housing of the coolant reservoir is integrated at least in part into the cooling module housing.

10 . The cooling module according to claim 9 , wherein the interface units of the cooling module housing are all arranged in a common half of the cooling module housing.

11 . A motor vehicle with a cooling module according to claim 1 .

12 . The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein a cooling circuit of the drive unit of the motor vehicle is connected to cooling channels of the cooling module, so that the cooling medium of the cooling module can be supplied to the cooling circuit of the drive unit for cooling the drive unit.

13 . The motor vehicle according to claim 11 wherein the cooling module is connected to the drive unit of the motor vehicle by means of a connection point of the cooling module housing.

14 . The motor vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein a cooling circuit of the drive unit of the motor vehicle is connected to cooling channels of the cooling module, so that the cooling medium of the cooling module can be supplied to the cooling circuit of the drive unit for cooling the drive unit.

15 . A method of assembling the motor vehicle with the cooling module according to claim 1 , comprising: simultaneously mounting the pump unit, the filter unit, the heat exchanger unit and the coolant reservoir of the cooling module in an engine compartment of the motor vehicle by fastening the cooling module housing of the cooling module with the pump unit, the filter unit, the heat exchanger unit and the coolant reservoir in the engine compartment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: SZÉNÁSI, LÁSZLÓ ZOLTÁN; ÁDÁM, ATTILA
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 065020/0827 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102021106969.6 · Mar 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240052769A1 · Feb 15, 2024
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