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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tyler Kelly, Plymouth, MI (US);
Baitao Xiao, Canton, MI (US);
David Bell, Plymouth, MI (US);
Julia Helen Buckland, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Timothy Stolzenfeld, Livonia, MI (US);
Gregory Patrick McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for warming an engine and/or engine fluids. In one example, a method may comprise powering on an electric motor of an intake boost device to generate heat, circulating coolant and/or engine oil through the boost device to absorb the heat produced by the boost device, and then flowing the coolant and/or engine oil to the engine to transfer the heat absorbed from the boost device to the engine. In this way, an engine may be warmed without running the engine rich by using the heat generated by the electric motor of the boost device to warm the engine.