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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Frank Kraemer, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Franz J. Brinkmann, Huerth-Efferen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for operation of an engine. The method includes during a first operating condition, permitting intake airflow through an intake air-supply turbine positioned upstream of a cylinder to drive a generator, the generator coupled to an energy storage device, and inhibiting intake airflow through a motor-driven compressor arranged in parallel flow arrangement with the intake air-supply turbine, the motor driven compressor coupled to a motor coupled to the energy storage device. The method further includes during a second operating condition, permitting intake airflow through the motor-driven compressor while the motor-driven compressor receives rotation input from the motor, and inhibiting intake airflow through the intake air-supply turbine.