Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Geoffrey Charles Capon

Scott James Martin

Allan Brignall

Wa-Un Alexis Leong

An apparatus for improving the performance of a radial compressorforming part of an inlet system of an engineis disclosed in which the configuration and positioning of a flow management deviceused to generate pre-whirl is optimized so as to produce a pressure drop below a maximum acceptable level. An inlet duct 'I' connected to the radial compressorhas a tapered end portion so that a flow management deviceof a larger diameter dcan be accommodated than the diameter dof an inlet port 'IP' to the radial compressor

Inlet system for an engine

A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating piston type includes a helical inlet port with a flat wall portion in a section of the port upstream of a bowl-shaped recess about a valve stem guide. The flat walled section meets a generally cylindrical portion of the recess adjacent a cusp-shaped swirl edge. The orientation of the flat portion with respect to a reference feature, such as the axis of the valve stem guide, may then be used as a measure of the accuracy of casting of the inlet port, and may also be altered if so desired to vary the swirl characteristics of the inlet port.

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Geoffrey Charles Capon