Engine intake with sump having a heat source
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorRobert Lionel Jacques
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Abstract
A number of variations may include a product including an intake system to provide air to an engine, the intake system including an inlet manifold to provide an air flow pathway to an inlet port; wherein the inlet manifold includes a false floor at least partially defining a plenum, the plenum at least partially separated from a sump, the sump at least partially defined in a lower portion of the inlet manifold; and wherein the sump includes a heat source.
Claims26
A product comprising:
- an intake system to provide air to an engine, the intake system including an inlet manifold to provide an air flow pathway to an inlet port;
- wherein the inlet manifold includes a false floor at least partially defining a plenum, the plenum at least partially separated from a sump, the sump at least partially defined in a lower portion of the inlet manifold;
- and
- wherein the sump includes a heat source, and wherein the false floor includes a surface for condensate to drain toward an opening to the sump.
A method comprising providing an intake system to provide air to an engine, the intake system including an inlet manifold to provide an air flow pathway to an inlet port;
- wherein the inlet manifold includes a false floor at least partially defining a plenum, the plenum at least partially separated from a sump, the sump at least partially defined in a lower portion of the inlet manifold;
- and
- wherein the sump includes a heat source, and wherein the false floor includes a surface for condensate to drain toward an opening to the sump.
A product comprising:
- an intake system to provide air to an engine, the intake system including an inlet manifold to provide an air flow pathway to an inlet port;
- wherein the inlet manifold includes a false floor at least partially defining a plenum, the plenum at least partially separated from a sump, the sump at least partially defined in a lower portion of the inlet manifold;
- wherein the sump includes a heat source,
- further comprising an intercooler in the manifold positioned between the false floor and the inlet port.
A method comprising providing an intake system to provide air to an engine, the intake system including an inlet manifold to provide an air flow pathway to an inlet port;
- wherein the inlet manifold includes a false floor at least partially defining a plenum, the plenum at least partially separated from a sump, the sump at least partially defined in a lower portion of the inlet manifold;
- wherein the sump includes a heat source,
- further comprising vaporizing condensate in the sump using the heat source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.