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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Baitao Xiao, Canton, MI (US);
Hamid-Reza Ossareh, South Burlington, VT (US);
Adam Nathan Banker, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/04 (2006.01); F02B 37/16 (2006.01); F02B 37/14 (2006.01); F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02B 39/10 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02B 37/12 (2006.01); F02B 39/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/04 (2013.01); F02B 37/14 (2013.01); F02B 37/16 (2013.01); F02B 37/162 (2019.05); F02B 37/18 (2013.01); F02B 39/10 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02B 2037/122 (2013.01); F02B 2039/168 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0406 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling boost pressure in a staged engine system comprising a turbocharger and an upstream electric supercharger. In one example, a method may include accelerating an electric supercharger to choke the flow of air to the engine in the event of turbocharger overboost.