Internal-combustion engines – Cooling – Automatic coolant flow control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-28
2006-03-28
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3618)
Internal-combustion engines
Cooling
Automatic coolant flow control
C123S041560, C123S041630, C123S041650, C123S559100, C123S563000, C123S565000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07017531
ABSTRACT:
The invention involves a vehicle with a cab. The environment of the cab may be maintained by a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system that will provide cool air to the cab in hot weather and warm air to the cab in colder weather. The HVAC system will have its own specific air heating and cooling components. The HVAC has a supply to the cab for providing the cool or warm air depending on the need. A siphon or alternative point of distribution of the HVAC output may be a HVAC diversion line that leads into the inlet of the turbocharger or supercharger of the vehicle engine to mix with ambient air entering the turbocharger. In an alternative embodiment, a compressed air source may be bled into the turbocharger or supercharger inlet.
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Bradley James C.
Jacquay Brian J.
Wooldridge Scott A.
Calfa Jeffrey P.
Collado Cynthia F.
Ellis Christopher P.
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
Lukasik Susan L.
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