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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Shiguang Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01); F01K 13/02 (2006.01); F01N 1/16 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F01K 13/003 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F01N 1/163 (2013.01); F01N 1/165 (2013.01); F01N 3/0205 (2013.01); F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F01N 2590/11 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01); Y02T 10/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided with an engine having an exhaust gas system comprising a muffler body containing a valve controlling exhaust gas flow through a tuning tube. The vehicle has an expander, a condenser, a pump, and an evaporator in sequential fluid communication in a closed loop containing a working fluid. The evaporator is positioned within the body and supports the valve and tuning tube therein, with the evaporator in thermal contact with exhaust gas and the working fluid.