Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Bruce Joseph Tobis

Furqan Zafar Shaikh

Alexander H Slocum

Gary Allan Vrsek

Kevin Verne Tallio

Ken Steven Fedeson

Kevin V Tallio

An acoustic suppression arrangement for a component undergoing induced vibration is provided. The arrangement includes a component body having an interior surface and an exterior surface having a panel portion . A containment plate is provided having a spaced relationship from the panel portion. A first projector is connected to the component body panel portion and extends toward the containment plate . A second projector is connected to the containment plate. A connector system is provided to connect the containment plate to the component body while placing the first and second projectors in an interference fit. Vibratory energy of the component body is dissipated by frictional contact between the projectors

Acoustic suppression arrangement for a component undergoing induced vibration

An apparatus for improving engine performance at wide-open throttle or full load by supercharging the induction system. An expanded/enlarged volume plenum is divided into two chambers. each containing a group of three openings for flowing air past inlet valves to three cylinders of a six cylinder engine, for example. A pair of adjustable length intake runners are connected to the upstream end of the plenum and are adjusted with changes in engine speed to resonantly tune the induction system for the speed changes to effect greater input of air to the cylinders. A valve can be opened to communicate the chambers with each other to further resonantly tune the system at intermediate speeds. At the higher engine speeds, resonant tuning in conjunction with the ram induction of air into the cylinders further increases the mass flow of air.

Engine performance improvement

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Bruce Joseph Tobis