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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Keith D. Miazgowicz, Dearborn, MI (US);

Ahsanul Karim, Canton, MI (US);

Kevin Payne, Belleville, MI (US);

Adam Michael Christian, Garden City, MI (US);

Inventors:

Keith D. Miazgowicz, Dearborn, MI (US);

Ahsanul Karim, Canton, MI (US);

Kevin Payne, Belleville, MI (US);

Adam Michael Christian, Garden City, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 33/44 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01); F02B 37/16 (2006.01); F02B 37/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/16 (2013.01); F02B 37/10 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
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.


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