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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
AB Volvo, Goteborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 2/300 ;
Abstract
A turbo-charged internal combustion engine with a twin-entry exhaust turbine and with a valve arrangement (,) disposed in the turbine housing (,). By means of the valve arrangement (,) the exhaust channels (,) in the turbine housing can be short-circuited. The valve arrangement also functions as a waste-gate valve by virtue of the fact that its valve element (,), in one position, permits exhaust to by-pass the turbine housing through a shunt (,).