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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Franz J. Brinkmann, Huerth-Efferen, DE;
Frank Kraemer, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Hanno Friederichs, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/46 (2006.01); F02C 7/042 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01); F02B 33/40 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F04D 29/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/464 (2013.01); F02B 33/40 (2013.01); F02C 7/042 (2013.01); F02M 35/10157 (2013.01); F04D 27/0253 (2013.01); F04D 29/22 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01); F05D 2250/51 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a swirl generating device upstream of a compressor including a method, a system, and an apparatus for actuating the swirl generating device, which is located in a ring-shaped duct, adjust a swirl of air flowing through the ring-shaped duct to the compressor in response to engine operating conditions.