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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kim Ford, Basildon, GB;
Mark Stephen Brogan, Duxford, GB;
Peter Graham Eastwood, Laindon, GB;
Anthony Birri, London, GB;
Thomas Ma, Chelmsford, GB;
Geoff Charles Capon, Chelmsford, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 35/16 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 35/10118 (2013.01); Y02T 10/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for varying the volume of an engine intake system to increase the volumetric efficiency of the engine. In one example, a resonance system may be coupled to the engine intake system and a position of a movable element in the resonance system may be varied to vary the volume of the chamber in accordance with engine speed. The intake system provides improved volumetric efficiency for the engine.