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US 8,074,628 B2Granted
Air intake device for a heat engine with a cooled main circulation system and a bypass system equipped with a heating mechanism
AssigneeValeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
InventorsLaurent Albert, Michael Maitre, Samuel Leroux
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Abstract
Device for air intake of a heat engine including: a main circulation system (105) which connects a supercharging apparatus (106) or an air intake manifold (107) which incorporates a heat exchanger (108), a bypass system (109) linked to the main circulation system along the exchanger, the bypass system incorporating a heating apparatus (29), a circuit selection device mounted between the main circulation system and the bypass system to channel at least some of the air into one or the other system.
Claims4
An air intake device for a heat engine, comprising:
- a main circuit which connects a supercharger to an intake manifold and which incorporates a heat exchanger;
- a bypass circuit connected to the main circuit on each side of the heat exchanger;
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- a circuit selection member mounted between the main circuit and the bypass circuit in order to direct at least a portion of air to either one of the main circuit and the bypass circuit,
- wherein the bypass circuit incorporates a heating member,
- wherein the circuit selection member comprises a valve comprising a body delimiting at least a first pipe connected to the bypass circuit and a second pipe connected to the main circuit, and wherein the heating member is incorporated into the first pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.