Anthony Brian Hudson

US Patent:

7743756, Jun 29, 2010

Filed:

Sep 12, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/209405

Inventors:

Daniel Joseph Styles - Canton MI, US
Anthony William Hudson - Highland MI, US
Ivan Lazich - Skokie IL, US
David Currie - New Hudson MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F02B 47/08
F02B 47/00

US Classification:

12356817, 123590

Abstract:

An air inlet system for an internal combustion engine includes an inlet duct for furnishing air to the engine's cylinders, and a combination port formed within the inlet duct for inducting both recirculated exhaust gas and charge air into the engine. Mixing of the recirculated exhaust gas and the charge air is promoted by a flow director which is mounted at a downstream end of an EGR supply passage, as well as by a flow guide mounted upstream from the flow director, with the flow guide including an aerodynamic projection for causing charge air to move smoothly around the flow director and a swirl generator.

US Patent:

7950363, May 31, 2011

Filed:

Sep 12, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/209445

Inventors:

David Currie - New Hudson MI, US
Ivan Lazich - Skokie IL, US
John Jasso - Grosse Ile MI, US
Anthony William Hudson - Highland MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F02M 35/10
F02B 77/13

US Classification:

12318457, 12318447, 181204, 181229

Abstract:

An air inlet system for an internal combustion engine includes an air inlet duct for drawing charge air into a charge air processor, and an intake manifold system leading from the charge air processor to the power cylinders of the engine. A resonator which suppresses pressure pulses within the inlet duct is mounted to the intake manifold system, but fluidically connected to the air inlet duct, and not to the intake manifold system.

US Patent:

8146359, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Sep 12, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/209502

Inventors:

David Currie - New Hudson MI, US
Anthony William Hudson - Highland MI, US
Patrick Sexton - Ypsilanti MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F02B 33/44
F02B 33/00
F01D 3/02

US Classification:

60612, 123562, 415101, 415102

Abstract:

A dual-inlet turbocharger system for internal combustion engine includes a single-shaft turbocharger with a dual-inlet compressor section. An air router provides a bifurcated air supply for the dual-inlet compressor section, and also provides a bifurcated source of charge air for the engine's cylinders in the case in which the present turbocharger system is applied to a V-block engine.

US Patent:

8215113, Jul 10, 2012

Filed:

Jun 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/145830

Inventors:

Anthony William Hudson - Highland MI, US
Patrick Sexton - Ypsilanti MI, US
Christopher Kelly Palazzolo - Ann Arbor MI, US
Christopher Cowland - Dexter MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F02G 3/00
F02B 33/44

US Classification:

60624, 606053

Abstract:

A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting surface associated with the engine. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to the engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.

US Patent:

8042519, Oct 25, 2011

Filed:

Jul 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/533274

Inventors:

Brien Lloyd Fulton - West Bloomfield MI, US
Anthony William Hudson - Highland MI, US
Adam John Gryglak - Birmingham MI, US
Kenneth G Pumford - Northville MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F02B 17/00
F02M 69/46

US Classification:

123456, 123446, 123468, 123510, 123511, 123541

Abstract:

An internal combustion engine includes a fuel system having a first fuel rail with an integrated diverter portion coupled to a high-pressure pump and separated from a common rail portion by a flow restriction device. The first fuel rail includes a pressure sensor coupled to the diverter portion at one end and a control valve coupled to the common rail portion at the other end of the same fuel rail. In V-engine embodiments, a second fuel rail communicates with the integrated diverter portion of the first fuel rail. In one embodiment, components including the first and second fuel rails, a pressure sensor, and a pressure or volume control valve are externally mounted outside the engine valve cover.