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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Justin T. Craft, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Phil Cierpial, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Paul Shoemaker, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mathew Hintzen, Stockbridge, MI (US);
Antony Schepak, Howell, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a water jacket diverter. In one example, the water jacket diverter has a continuous upper rail with a profile including curved and linear portions where the profile of the upper rail is optimized to moderate coolant flow through the water jacket. The water jacket diverter further includes at least one protrusion extending outwards from an outer face of the diverter, the at least one protrusion positioned in front of a coolant inlet.