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Separately cooled turbocharger for maintaining a no-flow strategy of an engine block coolant jacket

US8833073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach · Bensberg, DE
Bernd Steiner · Bensberg, DE
Jan Mehring · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 2, 2011
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01P2060/16
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine is provided herein. The internal combustion engine may include a turbocharger including a turbine positioned in an exhaust passage, the turbine having a turbine housing. The internal combustion engine may further include a cooling system having an engine block coolant jacket fluidly coupled to a pump, a cylinder head coolant jacket fluidly coupled to the pump, and a turbine coolant passage traversing the turbine housing and fluidly coupled to the pump and bypassing the engine block coolant jacket.

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