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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
May. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr, Northville, MI (US);
George Carver Davis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123549 ;
Abstract
A heated assembly is provided for vaporization of fuel in an internal combustion engine. The heated assembly includes a grid disposed in an inlet runner of the internal combustion engine. The heated assembly also includes structure for heating the grid during cold start of the internal combustion engine and vaporizing fuel in the inlet runner of the internal combustion engine.