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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pawel Kalinowski, Birmingham, MI (US);
Bharat Z. Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Timothy J. Yerdon, Plymouth, MI (US);
John Trublowski, Troy, MI (US);
Prathap A. Reddy, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Harvinder Singh, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 1/06 ;
Abstract
Central mounting of control electronics proximate to the engine is provided by attaching the electronics to an upper surface of the intake manifold to provide heat shielding and heat conduction for active components on the circuit card. The central location provides extremely short harnesses to important actuators located in cylinder heads of the engine thus reducing wiring clutter and cost.