Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Kevin Verne Tallio

Furqan Zafar Shaikh

Eric Warren Curtis

Alexander H Slocum

John Riegger

Frank Acierno Valencia

Michael Bruno Magnan

Todd Jay Brewer

Gary Allan Vrsek

Timothy Brian Chanko

Jeff Chester Lyjak

Ken Steven Fedeson

Xihu Xu

Yitzhak Isaac Henig

Bruce Joseph Tobis

Floyd Melvin Comer

An intake manifold drain assembly of an engine comprises a drain tube connected to a bottom of a manifold chamber; an oil separator connected to an engine block; and a controlled check valve connecting the drain tube to the oil separator and configured to allow liquid and gas in the manifold chamber to flow into the oil separator and control a gas flow passing the controlled check valve below a threshold flowrate.

Intake manifold drain assembly of an engine

An engine cooling system is provided. The engine cooling system includes a cylinder head including an integrated exhaust manifold that directs exhaust gases to an exhaust outlet port and a coolant passage surrounding the exhaust manifold. The engine cooling system further includes a cluster of separated exhaust passages for directing exhaust gases to the exhaust outlet port, the cluster including a drill hole disposed within material between the exhaust passages, the drill hole fluidically coupled to the coolant passage.

Integrated exhaust cylinder head

A system and method for lash adjustment in the valvetrain of an internal combustion engine include a hydraulic lash adjuster having a damping device to limit rate of movement of a plunger relative to a body to control response time of the lash adjuster reducing or eliminating over-compensation or pump-up of the lash adjuster.

Hydraulic lash adjuster with damping device

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

A method of monitoring exhaust gas flow through an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine comprising the steps of generating a flow efficiency value (K ), comparing the flow efficiency value to a reference efficiency value, and if the reference efficiency value is exceed by a predetermined amount, then setting a flow fault indicator flag. In one aspect of the invention, the flow efficiency value is generated as a ratio of the magnitude of the exhaust gas flow restriction, and the mass flux through the engine. The magnitude of the exhaust gas flow restriction is represented by the pressure drop across the exhaust system, and the mass flux through the engine is determined as a function of the mass airflow rate and exhaust gas density. The resulting flow efficiency value (K ) is a non-dimensional parameter that characterizes the level of restriction in the exhaust system independent of the engine operating conditions.

Exhaust system monitor

A cold start fuel preheat system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a fuel rail extending through the housing to deliver fuel to the internal combustion engine. The cold start fuel preheat system also includes a phase transform material disposed in the housing and about the fuel rail. The cold start fuel preheat system further includes a mechanism for heating the phase transform material such that the phase transform material stores the heat and transfers the stored heat to the fuel during cold start of the internal combustion engine.

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Kevin Verne Tallio