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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Keith D. Miazgowicz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ahsanul Karim, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Payne, Belleville, MI (US);
Adam Michael Christian, Garden City, MI (US);
Keith D. Miazgowicz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ahsanul Karim, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Payne, Belleville, MI (US);
Adam Michael Christian, Garden City, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling compressor inlet flow in a turbocharger of an engine are described. In one example, a method for controlling a compressor inlet flow of an engine turbocharger system includes: directing air from a high pressure source to an inlet upstream of a compressor wheel via a conduit coupled to the inlet and the high pressure source, where the conduit is obliquely coupled to the inlet.