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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jim Raymond Palm, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Charles Allen Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);
Shuya Shark Yamada, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02M 15/00 (2006.01); F02B 33/00 (2006.01); F25D 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 21/14 (2013.01); F02B 29/0456 (2013.01); F02B 29/0468 (2013.01); Y02T 10/121 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01); Y10T 137/5762 (2015.04);
Abstract
A condensate trap upstream of an engine cylinder is provided. The condensate trap includes a condensate containment shelf positioned within an outlet manifold of an air cooler, above a lower side of the outlet manifold, and extending from a first lateral side of the outlet manifold to a second lateral side of the outlet manifold, the condensate containment shelf and a outlet port housing forming a condensate restriction in direct fluidic communication with an outlet port of the outlet manifold.