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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2015
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Superior Township, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Nayan Engineer, Canton, MI (US);
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Superior Township, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motor Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a vehicle engine having an EGR system where pairs of cylinders are directly connected to each other. For example, a first and second cylinder may be operably connected by a valve actuator where a high energy, blowdown exhaust gas from the first cylinder may flow through a first flow path directly from the first cylinder to the second cylinder. Likewise, during the firing stroke of the second cylinder, a high-energy, blowdown exhaust gas may flow from the second cylinder through a second flow path directly into the first cylinder. This arrangement may pair cylinders to take advantage of high-energy exhaust gas.