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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
Applicant:
Ronald Neil Seger, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Inventor:
Ronald Neil Seger, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Phillips & Temro Industries Inc., Eden Prairie, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/00 (2006.01); F02M 31/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 31/13 (2013.01); Y02T 10/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intake air heating system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed and includes an electric heater that heats the intake air and a control module that switches a voltage to the electric heater based on a control signal. The control module includes a gate drive module that includes a bootstrap charge pump module and generates a gate drive signal based on the control signal and that is referenced to the voltage. The control module also includes a power module that switches the power to the electric heater based on the gate drive signal.