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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shinhyuk Joo, San Antonio, TX (US);
Christopher James Chadwell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/08 (2016.01); F02M 26/43 (2016.01); F02M 26/52 (2016.01); F02B 9/02 (2006.01); F02B 37/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/08 (2016.02); F02B 9/02 (2013.01); F02B 37/001 (2013.01); F02D 41/0047 (2013.01); F02D 41/0082 (2013.01); F02D 41/1454 (2013.01); F02M 26/43 (2016.02); F02M 26/52 (2016.02);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine having two 'banks' of cylinders, the 'banks' being defined by cross-connection to different turbochargers. The exhaust from one bank of cylinders goes to a first turbocharger, and the exhaust from the other bank of cylinders goes to a second turbocharger. However, the compressed air delivered from the turbochargers is cross-connected to the cylinder banks. This allows a cylinder bank to be boosted with a turbocharger whose compressed air output does not necessarily match the exhaust energy of that cylinder bank.