Abstract: An induction system for a supercharged internal V-type combustion engine includes a monolithic continuous unitary casting housing a supercharger with a rotor and gear assembly operative to discharge pressurized air to a common bounding receiving plenum, through a first slidably-removable intercooler providing a first cooling, and then to a pair of second side intercoolers providing a second cooling within the bounded plenum and in fluid communication therewith. First and second intercoolers are secured within the monolithic housing. The monolithic housing provides a robust and stable housing of light weight and allows an exterior air cooling as well. Side walls of the supercharger are separate from and are spaced from air intake runners of a cylinder block. Air in the plenum is additionally cooled by convective surface cooling while being guided in an appropriate direction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 18, 2017
Publication date:
August 3, 2017
Applicant:
Callaway Cars, Inc.
Inventors:
MICHAEL A. ZONER, E. Reeves Callaway, III, Patrick A. Hodgins, Scott L. Rawling, Peter R. Callaway
Abstract: An induction system for a supercharged internal V-type combustion engine includes a monolithic continuous unitary casting housing a supercharger with a rotor and gear assembly operative to discharge pressurized air to a common bounding receiving plenum, through a first slidably-removable intercooler providing a first cooling, and then to a pair of second side intercoolers providing a second cooling within the bounded plenum and in fluid communication therewith. First and second intercoolers are secured within the monolithic housing. The monolithic housing provides a robust and stable housing of light weight and allows an exterior air cooling as well. Side walls of the supercharger are separate from and are spaced from air intake runners of a cylinder block. Air in the plenum is additionally cooled by convective surface cooling while being guided in an appropriate direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 17, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 30, 2017
Assignee:
CALLAWAY CARS, INC.
Inventors:
Michael A. Zoner, E. Reeves Callaway, III, Patrick A. Hodgins, Scott L. Rawling, Peter R. Callaway
Abstract: An induction system for a supercharged internal V-type combustion engine includes a monolithic continuous unitary casting housing a supercharger with a rotor and gear assembly operative to discharge pressurized air to a common bounding receiving plenum, through a first slidably-removable intercooler providing a first cooling, and then to a pair of second side intercoolers providing a second cooling within the bounded plenum and in fluid communication therewith. First and second intercoolers are secured within the monolithic housing. The monolithic housing provides a robust and stable housing of light weight and allows an exterior air cooling as well. Side walls of the supercharger are separate from and are spaced from air intake runners of a cylinder block. Air in the plenum is additionally cooled by convective surface cooling while being guided in an appropriate direction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2015
Publication date:
August 18, 2016
Applicant:
Callaway Cars, Inc.
Inventors:
E. REEVES CALLAWAY, III, Michael A. ZONER, PATRICK A. HODGINS, SCOTT L. RAWLING, PETER R. CALLAWAY