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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Craig Alan Smith, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Joseph Patrick Whitehead, Belleville, MI (US);
Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Charles Allen Cockerill, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 33/00 (2006.01); F02M 31/20 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02B 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 31/205 (2013.01); F02B 29/0418 (2013.01); F02B 29/0431 (2013.01); F02B 29/0493 (2013.01); F02M 35/1038 (2013.01); F02B 29/0437 (2013.01); F02M 26/06 (2016.02); F02M 26/23 (2016.02); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for a charge air cooler are provided. In one example, a method comprises adjusting an operating parameter in response to a degraded grille shutter, the degraded grille shutter determined based on a temperature difference across a charge air cooler. In this way, degradation of the charge air cooler or engine may be reduced.