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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Michael Kabat, Oxford, MI (US);
Allan Joseph Kotwicki, Williamsburg, MI (US);
Bryan Christopher Stoll, South Lyon, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Rodney John Tabaczynski, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/704 ;
Abstract
A valve assembly and method for controlling flow of gases through a passage between an engine crankcase and an engine intake manifold is provided. The method includes decreasing a flow of gases through the passage between the crankcase and the intake manifold when a temperature of the gases is greater than a predetermined temperature.