Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Robert Ralph Iorio

Gopichandra Surnilla

Daniel Joseph Styles

James Alfred Hilditch

Stanley Larue Bower

Bradley George Hochrein

Erich James Nowka

Joel John Beltramo

Ray Host

David Pericak

Keith A Campbell

Yeo-Wang John Lee

Russell Andres

Chitra Varanasi

David Kaiser

Marshall Earnest

A vehicle operates as a hub for locating and filtering water. The vehicle receives filter information over a local network connection between the vehicle and a water filter. The vehicle sends the filter information over a wide-area network from the vehicle to a cloud server. A human machine interface (HMI) remote from the filter displays filter details based on the filter information that explain aspects of the operation of the filter.

Vehicle filtering hub

Methods and systems are provided for expediting EGR purging in a hybrid vehicle during transient operations, such as tip-out to lower load conditions. In response to decreasing engine torque demand, engine fueling is disabled and a motor is used to spin the engine unfueled until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved. Alternatively, engine operation is maintained with EGR disabled until the desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, and the excess engine torque generated is stored in a system battery.

Method and system for improved dilution purging

An engine exhaust component is provided. The engine exhaust component may include a plurality of coolant passages having parallel coolant flow, each coolant passage at least partially surrounding a respectively corresponding exhaust runner. The engine exhaust component may further include a coolant inlet manifold coupled to each of the coolant passages and a coolant outlet manifold coupled to each of the coolant passages. In this way, more even and controlled cooling can be provided.

Engine exhaust component

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Robert Ralph Iorio