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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Roy Jentz, Westland, MI (US);
Sanyam Sharma, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sumanth Dadam, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/16 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F01N 11/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/08 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/165 (2013.01); F01N 3/0205 (2013.01); F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F01N 11/002 (2013.01); F01N 3/0814 (2013.01); F01N 3/0842 (2013.01); F01N 3/101 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); F01N 2240/02 (2013.01); F01N 2240/10 (2013.01); F01N 2510/02 (2013.01); F01N 2560/06 (2013.01); F01N 2560/14 (2013.01); F01N 2900/0422 (2013.01); F01N 2900/06 (2013.01); F01N 2900/08 (2013.01); F01N 2900/12 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1631 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a heat exchanger phase change material installed as a component of a variable exhaust tuning system. In one example, a method may include absorbing excess heat energy from exhaust gases during and after an engine-on event within a heat exchanger material, releasing heat energy stored in the heat exchanger material during and after an engine-off event, and heating an adjustable exhaust valve with the heat energy stored in the heat exchanger material.