Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Internal combustion engine with integral intercooler

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5568676
This patent describes a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine. It comprises: a cylinder block; a cylinder head attached to the block and having formed therein a combustion air inlet, a coolant supply passage, a coolant return passage and an air supply passage for receiving turbocharged air; an intercooler having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet; a first conduit communicating the intercooler coolant inlet with the coolant supply passage; a second conduit communicating the intercooler coolant outlet with the coolant return passage; a cover attachable to the cylinder head, the cover completely enclosing the intercooler and the first and second conduits; and the cover, the cylinder head and the intercooler being arranged so that turbocharged air flows from the air supply passage to the air inlet via the intercooler.
Assignee:
Deere and Co., Moline, IL (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4967716; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-343564
OSTI ID:
5568676
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English