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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Lawrence Marshall, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Lawrence Marshall, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, a heat collector downstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat transfer system receiving waste exhaust heat via a thermosyphon evaporator for storage and/or use in a cabin heating system. In this way, waste heat is utilized to provide better cabin heating, particularly at engine cold start.