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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02M 31/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/0425 (2013.01); F02B 29/0475 (2013.01); F02M 31/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/121 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49231 (2015.01);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine is provided. The engine includes a cylinder head having a cylinder having an exhaust valve opening and an intake valve opening, an intake port in fluidic communication with the intake valve opening and configured to flow intake air to the cylinder through the intake valve opening, and a condensate drainage channel extending into a wall of the intake port and including an inlet positioned downstream of an outlet, the inlet positioned vertically above the outlet.