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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Charles A. Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);
Shuya Shark Yamada, Novi, MI (US);
Charles A. Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);
Shuya Shark Yamada, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine cooling system comprises a charge air cooler having an inlet, a plurality of heat exchange passages fluidically coupled to the inlet, and an outlet fluidically coupled to the heat exchange passages, and a conduit coupled to the outlet and an intake manifold of an engine, the conduit divided to include a first and second flow path to the intake manifold with a valve positioned at an inlet of the first flow path. In this way, accumulated condensate in the charge air cooler may be moved to the engine during low intake velocity conditions.