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US 5,899,196 AGranted
Method and apparatus for supplying warm air to an air intake of an engine
AssigneeJeffrey S. Melcher
InventorAnthony M. Chite
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AssigneeJeffrey S. Melcher
InventorAnthony M. Chite
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Provided is a method of providing warm air to the intake of a engine of a vehicle to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions of said vehicle. The method includes the steps of: transferring warm air directly exiting a radiator to an air intake of an engine using a variable vane which flexes and rebounds to continuously adjust an amount of warm air being supplied to said air intake in response to various engine loads; allowing said variable vane to flex and rotate an air deflection surface of said variable vane to a position which supplies an increased volume of warm air to said air intake as a warm air load against said air deflection surface is increased; and allowing said variable vane to rebound and rotate said air deflection surface to a position which supplies a decreased volume of warm air to said air intake as a warm air load against the air deflection surface of said variable vane is decreased. The invention also provides an apparatus for practicing the method.
A method of providing warm air to the intake of a engine of a vehicle to improve fuel economy of said vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
A warm air intake system for a vehicle comprising a radiator cooling system and an engine having an air intake, said warm air intake system comprising:
A warm air intake system on a bus comprising a diesel engine, an air intake for the diesel engine, and a radiator for cooling the diesel engine, said warm air intake system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.