Supercharging Means Convertible From Series To Parallel Patents (Class 60/610)
  • Patent number: 11732637
    Abstract: An engine assembly for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine operating on a two-stroke engine cycle. A compressor is in fluid communication with an intake port of at least one cylinder of the engine to pump air into the engine. An exhaust pipe is in fluid communication with an exhaust port of the at least one cylinder. The exhaust pipe has an inlet and an outlet defining a length of the exhaust pipe therebetween. A diameter of the exhaust pipe increases along a portion of the length of the exhaust pipe in a flow direction of the exhaust pipe. The diameter of the exhaust pipe does not decrease along the length of the exhaust pipe in the flow direction of the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Raffelsberger, Heinz Kusel, Nigel Foxhall, Markus Doppelbauer, Thomas Zorn, Matthias Zarhuber
  • Patent number: 9869236
    Abstract: An air intake control system for an engine, which is disposed in an intake line between a compressor of a turbocharger and an intake manifold and adjusts and controls air intake may include a motor for providing torque, a bypass line with a first end connected to the intake line and a second end connected to an external air line for delivering external air into the compressor, and a flow control valve assembly disposed at a divergent point from the intake line to the bypass line and selectively distributing air intake from the compressor to the intake manifold and the bypass line by adjusting a degree of opening of valve members in accordance with an amount of revolution of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Jae Pil Lim
  • Patent number: 9021806
    Abstract: Embodiments for a supercharged engine are presented. In one example, a supercharged engine includes a cylinder head having at least two cylinders, each cylinder having at least one outlet opening for discharging exhaust gases and each outlet opening being adjoined by an exhaust line, with exhaust lines of at least two cylinders merging to form an overall exhaust line within the cylinder head so as to form an integrated exhaust manifold, at least two turbines arranged in series, the two turbines being of different size and arranged downstream of the exhaust manifold in the overall exhaust line, a distributor housing in which the overall exhaust line downstream of the manifold enters into and leads through to a small turbine of the two turbines, and a first turbine housing which accommodates the small turbine including at least one coolant jacket in order to form a liquid cooling arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Norbert Andreas Schorn, Carsten Weber
  • Patent number: 4738110
    Abstract: A diesel engine comprising an intake passage in which a turbocharger and a mechanically driven charger are arranged. A bypass passage bypassing the mechanically driven charger is provided, and a bypass valve is arranged in the bypass passage. When the engine is started, the mechanically driven charger is operated and the bypass valve is closed. When the engine is operating under a partial load after completion of the warm-up of the engine, the operation of the mechanically driven charger is stopped and the bypass valve is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidenori Tateno