The invention involves a system and method for providing a liquid fuel or a liquid and gaseous fuel to a diesel or Otto cycle engine for operation of the engine. The system includes a primary electronic control module (ECM), which monitors engine sensors and contains a first three-dimensional fuel map for the liquid fuel. A second ECM is connected for bi-directional transfer of information to the first ECM, the second ECM contains a second three-dimensional fuel map for delivery of the gaseous fuel through a secondary gaseous fuel injection assembly. The bi-directional communication between the two ECMs while monitoring the engine sensors allows both ECMs to “learn” an efficient fuel map for delivery of both fuels in the same cycle for improved efficiency, reduction in slip and lower emissions.

A straddled vehicle having an engine unit. The engine unit includes an engine body having a cylinder axis tilting forward, a radiator including a radiator core, a turbocharger including a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel, and an intercooler including an intercooler core. In a side view, at least a part of the intercooler core, a part of the turbine wheel and a part of the radiator core are within an area enclosed by a first connecting line, a second connecting line, an engine-body front-surface and a wheel rear-surface. In an upward-downward or forward-backward direction of the cylinder axis, the intercooler-core upper end is more upward than the turbine-wheel upper end, the intercooler-core front end is more frontward than the turbine-wheel front end, the intercooler-core lower end is more upward than the radiator-core upper end, and the radiator-core rear end is more frontward than both the turbine-wheel rear end and the intercooler-core rear end.

A method of passively suppressing noise within a heat exchanger comprises the steps of preselecting a plurality of sound wave travel distances formed between a plurality of surfaces within the heat exchanger to cause destructive interference of a preselected set of sound waves as the sound waves travel the preselected sound wave travel distances and assembling the heat exchanger to have the preselected plurality of sound wave travel distances formed between the plurality of surfaces formed within the heat exchanger.

A system for deactivating at least one predetermined cylinder of an operational multicylinder engine, with each cylinder including an intake duct with an inlet connected to the intake manifold and an outlet connected to the cylinder in order to allow the intake of combustion gases from the intake manifold to the cylinder, may include a first movable sealing means suitable for sealing the inlet of said intake duct of the predetermined cylinder, a recirculation duct suitable for connecting said intake duct of said predetermined cylinder to an exhaust gas supply, and a second movable sealing means suitable for sealing said recirculation duct.

A frame device for a fan module for a main cooler and for a charge air cooler of a motor vehicle, comprising a main frame for the main cooler and a charge air cooler, separate from the latter, for the charge air cooler, wherein a seal is provided between the main frame and the charge air frame. Furthermore, the invention relates to a fan module with such a frame device.

Systems are provided for a mounting assembly providing structural support to a pair of turbocharger and charge air coolers. In one example, the mounting assembly may include support brackets and pedestals for coupling the turbochargers and the charge air coolers to one structure. Separate channels for applying lubricant and coolant to the turbochargers and the charge air coolers may be coupled to the mounting assembly.

In an internal combustion engine provided with a combustion chamber defined by an inner circumferential surface of a cylinder, an end surface of a cylinder head facing the cylinder, a crown surface of a piston, an inner surface of an intake valve, and an inner surface of an exhaust valve, for the purpose of improving the anti-knocking performance of the engine, the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, the end surface of the cylinder head, the crown surface of the piston, the inner surface of the intake valve and the inner surface of the exhaust valve include a mirror surface region formed as a mirror surface having an arithmetic average roughness of 0.3 μm or less, and a rough surface region formed as a rough surface having an arithmetic average roughness of 0.3 μm or more.

An intercooler assembly includes: a cooler main body having a heat exchange unit; an upper tank including an intake receiving portion connected to the heat exchange unit, and coupled to an upper portion of the cooler main body; a lower tank including an intake discharge portion connected to the heat exchange unit, and coupled to an lower portion of the cooler main body; a bypass receiving portion connected to a valve mounting portion, and forming a passage partitioned separately from the intake receiving portion; a bypass line portion that is provided at an exterior of the cooler main body and includes: an inlet connected to the bypass receiving portion and an outlet connected to the intake discharge portion; and a valve unit connected to the intake receiving portion and the bypass receiving portion.

Systems are provided for a mounting assembly providing structural support to a pair of turbocharger and charge air coolers. In one example, the mounting assembly may include support brackets and pedestals for coupling the turbochargers and the charge air coolers to one structure. Separate channels for applying lubricant and coolant to the turbochargers and the charge air coolers may be coupled to the mounting assembly.

The invention involves a system and method for providing a liquid fuel or a liquid and gaseous fuel to a diesel or Otto cycle engine for operation of the engine. The system includes a primary electronic control module (ECM), which monitors engine sensors and contains a first three-dimensional fuel map for the liquid fuel. A second ECM is connected for bi-directional transfer of information to the first ECM, the second ECM contains a second three-dimensional fuel map for delivery of the gaseous fuel through a secondary gaseous fuel injection assembly. The bi-directional communication between the two ECMs while monitoring the engine sensors allows both ECMs to “learn” an efficient fuel map for delivery of both fuels in the same cycle for improved efficiency, reduction in slip and lower emissions.