Internal combustion engine with turbine

US9957882B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joerg Kemmerling · Monschau, DE
• Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
• Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
• Franz Arnd Sommerhoff · Aachen, DE
• Andreas Kuske · Geulle, NL
• Frank Wunderlich · Netphen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2016
• Grant date: May 1, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for controlling a turbine within an internal combustion engine. In one example, a turbine system within an internal combustion engine may include at least one turbine with a housing that may further include at least one impeller mounted on a rotatable shaft, inlet and outlet regions, and at least one overpressure line including a self-controlling valve for controlling the flow of exhaust gas.