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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Brp-rotax Gmbh & Co. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;
Sebastien Thibault, Sherbrooke, CA;
Bruno Schuehmacher, Richmond, CA;
Felix Labonte, Roxton Pond, CA;
Luc Champigny, Racine, CA;
Frederic Desjardins, Orford, CA;
Michael Seyrl, Wels, AT;
Roland Ennsmann, Gunskirchen, AT;
Roland Wimmer, Eberstalzell, AT;
BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG, Valcourt, CA;
Abstract
A vehicle including an engine; a turbocharger, an intake air flow path of the vehicle defined from air entering the vehicle, passing through the compressor, and flowing into the engine air inlet; a coolant container assembly; a temperature sensor configured for determining a temperature in the intake air flow path; and a controller configured to selectively cause cooling liquid to flow from the coolant container into the intake air flow path. A method for managing engine air intake temperature or piston temperature of a turbocharged vehicle including: sensing a temperature of fluid within the air intake flow path, determining an estimated piston temperature; and in response to the estimated piston temperature and/or the temperature of the fluid being above threshold temperatures, causing an amount of cooling liquid to flow from a coolant container to the air intake flow path.