An air intake device includes a supercharger, a connection tube, an intercooler, and an intake manifold. The supercharger is connected to an exhaust port of a cylinder. The intercooler is connected to the supercharger through the connection tube. The intake manifold is connected to the intercooler and an intake port of the cylinder. The intercooler is located above a cylinder head of an engine. The device of the present disclosure features less height space occupation, a short connection tubeline between elements and a compact structure, which is beneficial for an increase of the pressurization response speed and reduction in the cost.

A marine engine has a powerhead having an cylinder block, a cylinder head, and a crankcase; a supercharger providing charge air for combustion in the powerhead, wherein the supercharger discharges the charge air to an outlet duct; and a charge air cooler cooling the charge air prior to combustion in the powerhead. The charge air cooler has an upstream inlet receiving the charge air from the outlet duct and a downstream outlet discharging the charge air to the cylinder head. The downstream outlet is coupled to the cylinder head by a first one of a rigid seal device and a flexible seal device and the upstream inlet is coupled to the outlet duct by a different, second one of the rigid seal device and flexible joint device.

An engine intake bypass system includes: an inlet pipe that supplies air, which passes through a throttle valve, to an intake manifold via a supercharging device along a first path, and directly supplies the air having passed through the throttle valve the intake manifold after bypassing the supercharging device along a second path; a bypass duct disposed in the second path to receive the air from the inlet pipe and deliver the air to the intake manifold in parallel; and a bypass valve installed to interrupt the air supplied to the bypass duct.

An engine intake bypass system includes: an inlet pipe that supplies air, which passes through a throttle valve, to an intake manifold via a supercharging device along a first path, and directly supplies the air having passed through the throttle valve the intake manifold after bypassing the supercharging device along a second path; a bypass duct disposed in the second path to receive the air from the inlet pipe and deliver the air to the intake manifold in parallel; and a bypass valve installed to interrupt the air supplied to the bypass duct.

A method includes operating a spark ignition engine and flowing low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) from an exhaust to an inlet of the spark ignition engine. The method includes interpreting a parameter affecting an operation of the spark ignition engine, and determining a knock index value in response to the parameter. The method further includes reducing a likelihood of engine knock in response to the knock index value exceeding a knock threshold value.

An intercooler includes a cooling tube having a first coolant passage through which a first coolant flows and a second coolant passage through which a second coolant flows. A pair of plate portions having a predetermined shape are bonded with each other by brazing such that the pair of plate portions are superposed on each other to define the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage between the pair of plate portions. The cooling tube includes a passage partition portion separating the first coolant passage from the second coolant passage at a part of the pair of plate portions between the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage, and at least one through-hole in the passage partition portion. At least one swaged portion that crimps the pair of plate portions is provided at a periphery of the through-hole.

A method includes operating a spark ignition engine and flowing low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) from an exhaust to an inlet of the spark ignition engine. The method includes interpreting a parameter affecting an operation of the spark ignition engine, and determining a knock index value in response to the parameter. The method further includes reducing a likelihood of engine knock in response to the knock index value exceeding a knock threshold value.

A marine engine has a crankcase containing lubricant; an intake plenum for conveying intake air for combustion in the marine engine; and a cooling apparatus located between the crankcase and the intake plenum. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool both the lubricant in the crankcase and the intake air in the intake plenum.

A cooling device for a vehicle is provided, which includes an engine having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, a supercharger, and an intercooler configured to cool intake gas containing EGR gas. The device includes a coolant channel through which coolant for cooling a motor drive flows, the coolant channel having a first channel through which a first coolant for cooling a high-voltage component of the motor drive flows and a second channel through which a second coolant for cooling the intercooler flows, the second channel being branched from the first channel. The device includes a valve provided to the second channel of the coolant channel and configured to adjust a flow rate of the second coolant.

Various systems are provided for a charge-air cooler system. In one example, a system includes a turbocharger system having at least one compressor and one turbine and configured to provide charge air to an engine. The system also includes a charge-air cooler system having at least one charge-air cooler arranged below the at least one compressor, a turbocharger bracket arranged directly below the charge-air cooler system and shaped to mount the charge-air cooler and the turbocharger system to the engine, and a stator adapter physically coupling an alternator to the engine. The stator adapter includes an accessibility window arranged below the charge-air cooler system. The at least one charge-air cooler is closer to the accessibility window than the turbocharger system.