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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vijayaselvan Jayakar, Bangalore, IN;
John Dowell, Grove City, PA (US);
Charles B Atz, New Castle, PA (US);
Pratap Subhash Shitole, Bangalore, IN;
Gary Szuch, Oxford, MI (US);
Trent A Larson, Rochester, MI (US);
Scott Snyder, Valencia, PA (US);
Shirish Bhide, Troy, MI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A charge air cooler cover includes a nozzle configured for connection to an outlet of a compressor for receiving charge air, a tray configured for connection to an inlet of a charge air cooler, and a plenum leading from the nozzle to a plurality of passages defined by a plurality of ribs. The plurality of passages connects the plenum to the tray. The ribs and the tray are arranged to achieve substantially uniform charge air velocity across the inlet of the charge air cooler, in at least one mode of operation.