MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521129554 A) filed by Rajarambapu Institute Of Technology, Sangli, Maharashtra, on Dec. 20, 2025, for 'terrain-responsive cooling system for off-road vehicle transmissions with smart oil circulation.'
Inventor(s) include Aditya Shital Patil; Ganesh Anil Yalparatte; Ashutosh Shivanand Ringane; Sanskruti Nivas Pisal; Dr. Shailesh S. Shirguppikar; Prof. Shweta S. Patil; and Dr. Vaibhav S. Ganachari.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention describes an intelligent hybrid cooling system for off-road vehicle transmission assemblies that maintains thermal stability under continuous high torque, vibration, and dust-laden airflow. Baseline heat is rejected via fin-based passive convection augmented by an airflow path with cyclonic dust separation to preserve clean boundary layers. A terrain-responsive, gear-driven oil circulation subsystem varies lubricant flow in proportion to real-time inertial inputs, routing heat through an air-to-oil exchanger when demand increases. Transient thermal spikes are absorbed by a phase-change buffering module positioned proximate to principal heat sources, extending the thermal time constant and deferring high-cost interventions. Upon detection of critical local overheating, a sacrificial microchannel delivers a brief pulse of cooled lubricant to bearing and gear interfaces. A supervisory controller orchestrates these modes hierarchically, minimizing parasitic power and mass while extending lubricant integrity, component life, and endurance performance."
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