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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
George C. Davis, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jialin Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Within each of: (1) an internal combustion engine system; (2) a transportation vehicle which incorporates the internal combustion engine system; and (3) a method for operating the internal combustion engine system, there is employed: (1) an internal combustion engine having a minimum of one combustion chamber; (2) a gas compressor absent an associated compressed gas tank, where the gas compressor is driven by a power output of the internal combustion engine; and (3) a controller programmed for providing a compressed gas charge from the gas compressor to the minimum of one combustion chamber during a portion of a compression cycle within the minimum of one combustion chamber, but not including a beginning portion of the compression cycle within the minimum of one combustion chamber. Each of the internal combustion engine system, transportation vehicle and method provides enhanced internal combustion engine performance and economy.