Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air intake duct ice ingestion features
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Application No.: US13968306Application Date: 2013-08-15
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Publication No.: US09316183B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: Scott M. Rollins , Christopher B. Bishop
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02M25/06
- IPC: F02M25/06 ; F02M25/08 ; F02M35/10 ; F02B39/16 ; F01M13/02 ; F02M35/08 ; F02B37/00 ; F02M35/02 ; F02M35/04

Abstract:
An engine system including an air intake duct positioned upstream of an engine cylinder may include an ice ingestion feature for retaining condensation. An ice ingestion feature may include indents formed in the bottom of an air intake duct wall. As such, the ice ingestion feature may include compartments and/or grooves of varying depths, widths, and/or angles such that the ice retention rate may be based on the surface area of the compartment or grooves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150047615A1 AIR INTAKE DUCT ICE INGESTION FEATURES Public/Granted day:2015-02-19
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