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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Helmut Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Hanno Friederichs, Aachen, DE;
Guenter Grosch, Vettweiss, DE;
Claudia Herudek, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/35 (2016.01); F02M 26/06 (2016.01); F02M 35/08 (2006.01); F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02B 33/40 (2006.01); F02B 37/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/35 (2016.02); F02M 26/06 (2016.02); F02M 35/088 (2013.01); F02B 29/0418 (2013.01); F02B 33/40 (2013.01); F02B 37/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger comprising a compressor inlet shaped to mitigated condensate formation therein. In one example, system may include a condensate trap which runs along an inner wall of the compressor inlet and is shaped to trap condensate.