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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher William Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Laurinec, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Katherine Jane Randall, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/10 (2006.01); F02B 31/06 (2006.01); F02B 31/04 (2006.01); F02M 29/06 (2006.01); F02B 31/00 (2006.01); F16K 1/22 (2006.01); F02M 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/10 (2013.01); F02B 31/06 (2013.01); F02D 9/103 (2013.01); F02D 9/1095 (2013.01); F02B 31/00 (2013.01); F02B 31/04 (2013.01); F02M 29/02 (2013.01); F02M 29/06 (2013.01); F16K 1/224 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plural port intake manifold with outlets aligned along a common cylinder head plane and each intake port containing, a valve unit including a valve plate that is rotatable by a shaft along an axis of rotation recessed within an inner wall as well as a welded connection encircling each intake port upstream of the axis. The system may allow the use of a plate CMCV that can fully retract into the intake runner when not in use.