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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Liangjun Hu, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Eric Matthew Kurtz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Joseph Styles, Canton, MI (US);
Darrell Sparks, Howell, MI (US);
Daniel William Kantrow, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine system includes an engine having an intake manifold, a turbocharger having a compressor, and an exhaust gas recovery (EGR) mixer coupled between the compressor and the intake manifold. The EGR mixer includes a central air duct having a central axis, an annular ring circumscribing the central duct and having an inlet connectable to an EGR system and an outlet in fluid communication with the central air duct, and a vane assembly disposed in the central air duct upstream of the annular ring and having a plurality of vanes configured to swirl air passing therethrough.