Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Darice M Morris

Robert Joseph Mohan

Scott M Rollins

Robert Howard Saunders

Roger Joseph Khami

Keith D Miazgowicz

Michael Bruno Magnan

Theodore Thomas Geftos

Erik Henry Hermann

Jeffrey Paul Luther

Douglas David Cantrell, Jr

Mark Allen Bourcier

Patrick Joseph Crowley

Rebecca Frayne Speckhals

An assembly for clamping a tube includes a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, legs, and a tooth on each leg, a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band, and a bolt located in the bolt housing, including helical teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band and forcing the tooth toward the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.

Anti-rotation worm gear clamp

A hose clamp for forming an air tight seal between a hose and a connector projecting from a housing of an air cooler of a vehicle. The hose clamp including a band which encircles the hose at a location where the hose and the connector overlap and has an adjustable diameter. The hose clamp positioned by a wrap-around hose clamp positioner. The wrap-around hose clamp positioner including flat portions, which contact the outer surface of the hose, and a raised portion where the band passes through a space of the raised portion. The wrap-around hose clamp positioner further including a wrap-around portion and a crimp tab, the wrap-around portion extending over a lip edge of the hose such that the crimp tab pierces through at least the inner surface of the hose.

Hose clamp with wrap-around hose clamp positioner

An internal combustion engine with charge stratification and directed air flow is provided. A charge motion control valve is positioned in the upper intake manifold and bifurcated intake ports are utilized in the cylinder head which direct the air flow into one intake port when desired. This provides improved engine performance, emissions, and fuel economy with easier packaging and consequently reduced cost.

Charge motion control valve in upper intake manifold

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Darice M Morris