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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Julia Helen Buckland, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Robert Andrew Wade, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jason Eugene Devries, Belleville, MI (US);
Charles A. Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);
Gregory Patrick McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02M 26/05 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/0425 (2013.01); F02B 29/0418 (2013.01); F02D 23/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02M 26/05 (2016.02); F02B 29/0437 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for a charge air cooler are provided. In one example, an engine method comprises during a first mode, decreasing a volume of a charge air cooler in response to a compressor operation upstream of the charge air cooler. In this way, compressor surge may be prevented.