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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Warwickshire, GB;
Adam Moorcroft, Coventry, GB;
Ian Edington, Coventry, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
A method () of protecting an internal combustion engine () of a vehicle () from damage by induction of liquid, the method () comprising: detecting () liquid in a gas induction system () to the engine (); and causing () valve control means () to at least perform one or both of the following: inhibiting gas intake into a combustion chamber () of the engine () during a gas intake stage () of a combustion cycle of the combustion chamber (); causing gas exhaust from a combustion chamber () of the engine () during a gas compression stage () of the combustion cycle of the combustion chamber (), wherein the valve control means () comprises at least one of a hydraulic circuit or an electromagnetic actuator for controlling, at least in part, the inhibiting gas intake into a combustion chamber () and/or at least one of a hydraulic circuit or an electromagnetic actuator for controlling, at least in part, the causing gas exhaust from a combustion chamber ().