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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Julia Helen Buckland, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);

Robert Andrew Wade, Dearborn, MI (US);

Jason Eugene Devries, Belleville, MI (US);

Charles A. Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);

Gregory Patrick Mcconville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Julia Helen Buckland, Commerce Township, MI (US);

Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);

Robert Andrew Wade, Dearborn, MI (US);

Jason Eugene Devries, Belleville, MI (US);

Charles A. Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);

Gregory Patrick McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02B 33/44 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0707 (2013.01); F02B 29/0418 (2013.01); F02D 23/00 (2013.01); F02B 29/0425 (2013.01); F02B 29/0437 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments for a charge air cooler are provided. In one example, an engine method comprises during a first mode, decreasing a volume of a charge air cooler in response to a compressor operation upstream of the charge air cooler. In this way, compressor surge may be prevented.


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