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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Kenneth E Hardman, Clarkston, MI (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth E Hardman, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/07 (2006.01); F02B 75/22 (2006.01); F02B 75/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0749 (2013.01); F02B 75/22 (2013.01); F02B 2075/184 (2013.01); F02B 2075/1832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ninety-degree V-engine having eight or more cylinders can include a first pipe that connects an exhaust port of a first dedicated EGR cylinder bank to an intake manifold and a second pipe that connects an exhaust port of a second dedicated EGR cylinder of a different cylinder bank to the intake manifold, the first and second dedicated EGR cylinders each being one of two consecutive cylinders in a corresponding cylinder bank specified by a specific cylinder firing order.