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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2006
Michael J. Mcnulty, Lombard, IL (US);
Christopher R. Ciesla, Palos Heights, IL (US);
Michael J. McNulty, Lombard, IL (US);
Christopher R. Ciesla, Palos Heights, IL (US);
International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A control system for operating vanes of a turbocharger turbine (T) and for operating a turbine-shunting bypass valve () according to a strategy wherein a processor executes an algorithm for selectively unenabling the control system to operate the bypass valve when the control system is operating the vanes to adjust exhaust back-pressure on the engine within a range of effectiveness for the vanes to control the exhaust back-pressure and enabling the control system to operate the bypass valve when the control system has operated the mechanism to a limit of the range of effectiveness.