US Patent 9810137 Vehicle cooling circuit

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle cooling circuit for cooling a temperature-increasing device, in particular a battery, by means of a coolant conducted in a coolant circuit, wherein the coolant circuit has a heat exchanger configured as an evaporator via which the coolant circuit is coupled to a cooling medium circuit. In accordance with the present disclosure, the chiller is arranged downstream of the heat exchanger in the direction of flow of the coolant in the coolant circuit. Furthermore a bypass valve is arranged in the coolant line such that the coolant can be conducted fully or partially past the chiller.