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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Jens Dunstheimer, Cologne, DE;
Ludwig Stump, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A supercharged engine and operating methods thereof are described for adjusting an extent of fluidic coupling between separate channels of a two-channel turbine. In one particular example, a longitudinally displaceable flow transfer valve is arranged for movement lateral to the exhaust airflow that provides coupling between the channels, a position of the flow transfer valve within a flow transfer duct controlling the extent of fluidic coupling in addition to the rate of exhaust-gas flow through a blow-off line that conducts airflow past a rotor of the two-channel turbine. In this way, the flow transfer valve according to the present disclosure advantageously allows for adjusting a mode of supercharging based on one or more engine conditions to control the extent of fluidic coupling using a simplified valve arrangement.