Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Md-Tofiqul Islam

Bakhtyar Baig

Behrooz Khatib-Shahidi

Systems and methods for directing and controlling air flow into an internal combustion engine are presented. In one example, an aluminum cylinder with two welded bearing holders is over molded with a short fiber reinforced polymer composite throttle body housing. The short fiber reinforced polymer composite throttle body housing may be welded to an engine intake manifold or it may be part of the engine intake manifold.

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Md-Tofiqul Islam