Engine system having dedicated auxiliary connection to cylinder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8943822-B2
Application number	US-201213407242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2012
Priority date	Feb 28, 2012
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

A system is disclosed for use with an engine. The system may have an intake manifold configured to direct air into combustion chambers of the engine. The system may also have an auxiliary device and an exhaust manifold configured to direct exhaust from the combustion chambers of the engine through the auxiliary device to the atmosphere. The system may additionally have a conduit associated with fewer than all of the combustion chambers of the engine and extending to the auxiliary device in parallel with the exhaust manifold, and an auxiliary valve disposed within the conduit and selectively movable between a flow-passing position and a flow-blocking position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine system, comprising:
an intake manifold configured to direct air to mix with fuel in combustion chambers of an engine;
an exhaust treatment device;
a turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine;
an exhaust manifold configured to direct exhaust from the combustion chambers of the engine through the turbine to the exhaust treatment device;
a conduit associated with fewer than all of the combustion chambers of the engine, the conduit bein…

Assignees

• Uzkan Teoman
• Electro Motive Diesel Inc

Inventors

• Uzkan Teoman

Classifications

• F01N3/021

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F01N3/00

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• Y02T10/12

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F01L1/46

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F01N2430/00

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic