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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Uwe Spaeder, Langenargen, DE;
Rob Stalman, Selfkant, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F02B 33/00 (2006.01); F02B 37/00 (2006.01); F02B 37/24 (2006.01); F01D 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 33/00 (2013.01); F01D 17/165 (2013.01); F02B 37/002 (2013.01); F02B 37/24 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
A supercharged internal combustion engine may include a twin-flow turbine with variable vane geometry. One example method to operate the device permits optimized operation of the internal combustion engine at low exhaust gas flow rates.