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Granted Patent B2
US 10,450,942 · App. 15/871,256 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Integral cylinder head with port condensate

Inventors: Christopher Donald Wicks (Allen Park, MI); Karen Elizabeth Maceroni (Casco, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
F02B29/0468F02B29/0475F02F1/22
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Patent No.
US 10,450,942
App. No.
15/871,256
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine system includes a layered cylinder head with a plurality of intake ports and a stratified tubular member integrated into the cylinder head, configured as a condensate port, surrounding each of the plurality of intake ports and forming a plurality of nozzles located on at least one side of the tubular member. Each of the nozzles arranged to have a plurality of openings extending into a cavity of each intake port such that there is no seal between the tubular member and the cylinder head.

Claims (24)

1. An engine system comprising:

a layered cylinder head with a plurality of intake ports; and

a stratified tubular member integrated into the cylinder head, configured as a condensate port, surrounding each of the plurality of intake ports and forming a plurality of nozzles located on at least one side of the tubular member, each of the nozzles arranged to have a plurality of openings extending into a cavity of each intake port such that there is no seal between the tubular member and the cylinder head.

2. The engine component of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nozzles is located along an entire circumference of the tubular member.

3. The engine component of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of nozzles is regularly spaced apart from another.

4. The engine component of claim 1 , wherein the tubular member protrudes through a portion of the cylinder head between adjacent intake ports.

5. The engine component of claim 1 , wherein the tubular member forms a ring.

6. The engine component of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of nozzles includes a tip having at least one row of apertures.

7. A power train system comprising:

a heat exchanger reservoir arranged to collect condensate; and

an integrated engine cylinder head and a condensate port of stratified layers, connected to the heat exchanger reservoir via tubing, the condensate port having an inlet extending into at least one branch surrounding an exterior surface of cylinder head intake ports and having a plurality of nozzles leading into cavities of the intake ports such that there is no seal between the condensate port and the cylinder head.

8. The power train system of claim 7 , wherein the inlet is tubular.

9. The power train system of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of nozzles is regularly spaced apart from one another.

10. The power train system of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of nozzles includes a tip having a plurality of apertures.

11. The power train system of claim 10 , wherein the tip protrudes into the cavities of the intake ports.

12. The power train system of claim 10 , wherein the tip is flush with an internal surface of the intake ports.

13. The power train system of claim 7 , wherein the inlet divides into the at least one branch between adjacent intake ports of the cylinder head.

14. The power train system of claim 7 , wherein the inlet has a different diameter than the plurality of branches.

15. An engine component comprising:

a layered mass forming a curved duct arranged as a condensate port configured to provide condensate from a heat exchanger to an engine, the curved duct comprising at least one nozzle having an elongated body and a tip with at least one aperture protruding into a cavity of an intake port of an integrated cylinder head, the curved duct seamlessly surrounding an outer portion of the intake port.

16. The engine component of claim 15 , wherein the elongated body narrows towards the tip.

17. The engine component of claim 15 , wherein the tip includes a plurality of rows of apertures.

18. The engine component of claim 15 , wherein the at least one nozzle includes a plurality of regularly spaced apart nozzles.

19. The engine component of claim 15 , wherein the tip is flush with an interior surface of the intake port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2018
From: WICKS, CHRISTOPHER DONALD; MACERONI, KAREN ELIZABETH
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 044620/0503 →
Continuity (1)
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