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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ian A. Pegg, Chelmsford, GB;
Robert Helle-Lorentzen, Chelmsford, GB;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/00 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); F01N 5/04 (2006.01); F01K 23/00 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01); F01N 3/035 (2006.01); F02D 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/00 (2013.01); F01K 23/00 (2013.01); F01N 5/04 (2013.01); F01N 13/009 (2014.06); F02B 63/042 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F01N 3/035 (2013.01); F01N 2240/36 (2013.01); F02D 2021/083 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/163 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6295 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine assembly includes an engine control unit, an internal combustion engine having an exhaust, a turbine driven in use by said exhaust, and an energy storage mechanism for storing energy recovered from said exhaust by said turbine, wherein the engine control unit is operable to vary the rate of storing energy in the energy storage mechanism.