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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Hanno Friederichs, Aachen, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Frank Wunderlich, Herzogenrath, DE;
Forb Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a supercharged internal combustion engine with an intake system and an exhaust gas discharge system that include two turbochargers arranged in series, a turbo-generator, and an electrically-driven compressor. During engine operation with mid-to-high exhaust gas flow rates, excess exhaust gas that bypasses the high-pressure turbocharger may be directed through the turbo-generator to generate electricity that may be provided to drive the electrically-driven compressor.