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In a cooling circuit of a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle having a coolant pump, an electrical mixing valve, a radiator, a heater, an engine-oil heat exchanger, a transmission-oil cooler for transferring heat to the ambient air, a transmission-oil/cooling water heat excha

In a cooling circuit of a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle having a coolant pump, an electrical mixing valve, a radiator, a heater, an engine-oil heat exchanger, a transmission-oil cooler for transferring heat to the ambient air, a transmission-oil/cooling water heat exchanger for transferring heat between the transmission oil and the cooling water arranged in parallel flow circuit with the transmission-oil cooler, and an actuator for controlling the oil flow distribution, an electrical mixing valve is arranged in the cooling water line to the radiator/transmission-oil cooler and the transmission-oil/cooling water heat exchanger, such that the heat transfer in the transmission-oil/cooling water heat exchanger can be controlled by controlling the coolant flows through the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger and the radiator.

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1. A cooling circuit of a liquid cooled internal combustion engine ( 2 a , 2 b ) with a transmission ( 3 ) of a motor vehicle, said cooling circuit ( 1 ) comprising a pump ( 10 ) for delivering cooling water to said engine ( 2 a , 2 b ), a cooling water circulating line ( 4 ) connected to sa

1. A cooling circuit of a liquid cooled internal combustion engine ( 2 a , 2 b ) with a transmission ( 3 ) of a motor vehicle, said cooling circuit ( 1 ) comprising a pump ( 10 ) for delivering cooling water to said engine ( 2 a , 2 b ), a cooling water circulating line ( 4 ) connected to said engine ( 2 a , 2 b ) and including an electrical valve ( 5 ) for selectively directing cooling water either to a radiator ( 6 ) or a transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ), lines connecting the inlet of the pump ( 10 ) to the outlets of the transmission/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ) and the radiator ( 6 ), a transmission oil circulation line connected to an outlet of said transmission and extending to a controlled valve ( 18 ) for selectively conducting the transmission oil through the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ) or a transmission oil cooler ( 7 ) of the radiator ( 6 ) before returning it to the transmission through a return line ( 19 ) extending to the transmission ( 9 ) and a heater circuit extending from the engine to the pump ( 10 ) and including a vehicle heater ( 14 ) and an engine oil heater ( 16 ) arranged in the heater circuit downstream of the vehicle heater ( 14 ). 2. A cooling circuit according to claim 1, wherein said controlled valve ( 18 ) is arranged downstream of the transmission-oil cooler ( 7 ) and the transmission-oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ). 3. A cooling circuit according to claim 1, wherein said controlled valve ( 18 ) is arranged upstream of the transmission-oil cooler ( 7 ) and the transmission-oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ). 4. A cooling circuit according to claim 1, wherein a cooling-water side of the transmission-oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ) is connected in a parallel flow circuit with the radiator ( 6 ). 5. A cooling circuit according to claim 1, wherein an EGR cooler ( 13 ) is arranged in the heater circuit upstream of said heater ( 14 ). 6. A cooling circuit of a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine ( 2 a , 2 b ) with a transmission of a motor vehicle, said cooling circuit ( 1 ) comprising, a pump for delivering cooling water to said engine ( 2 a , 2 b ), a cooling water circulating line ( 4 ) connected to said engine ( 2 a , 2 b ) and including an electrical valve ( 5 ) for selectively directing cooling water either to a radiator ( 6 ) or a transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ), lines connecting the inlet of the pump ( 10 ) to the outlets of the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ) and the radiator ( 6 ), a transmission oil circulation line connected to an outlet of the transmission and extending to a controlled valve ( 18 ) for selectively conducting the transmission oil through the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ) or a transmission oil cooler ( 7 ) of the radiator ( 6 ) before returning it to the transmission through a return line ( 19 ) extending to the transmission ( 3 ) and a heater circuit extending from the engine ( 2 a , 2 b ) to the pump ( 10 ) and including a vehicle heater ( 14 ) and an engine oil heater ( 16 ) and also the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ), which is arranged in the heater circuit downstream of the vehicle heater ( 14 ). 7. A cooling circuit according to claim 6, wherein the engine oil heater ( 16 ) and the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ) are arranged in the heater circuit in parallel and an actuator is provided for controlling the cooling water flow through the engine oil heater ( 16 ) and the transmission oil/cooling water heat exchanger ( 9 ). 8. A cooling circuit according to claim 6, wherein an EGR cooler ( 13 ) is arranged in the heater circuit upstream of said heater ( 14 ).