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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Douglas Raymond Martin, Canton, MI (US);
John Eric Rollinger, Troy, MI (US);
Julia Helen Buckland Seeds, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Joseph Lyle Thomas, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joshua Schumaker, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Erik Mikael Hellstrom, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Adam J. Richards, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for cooling an internal combustion engine via flowing air through the internal combustion engine during select conditions are presented. In one example, lift of intake and/or exhaust poppet valves may be adjusted as a function of engine temperature. In addition, opening and closing timings of intake and exhaust poppet valves may be adjusted as a function of engine temperature.