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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Quazi Ehtesham Hussain, Holland, OH (US);
William Samuel Schwartz, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
David Richens Brigham, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark John Jennings, Saline, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
James Patrick O'Neill, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an exhaust gas heat recovery system are described. The system may reduce engine warm-up time and increase an amount of time an engine of a hybrid vehicle is deactivated while the hybrid vehicle is powered by a motor. In one example, a phase change material selectively stores and releases exhaust gas energy from and engine to improve vehicle operation.