Patent ID: 8813729
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: F02B,F02D,F28F,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A charge air duct for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing which has at least one inlet and at least one outlet for charge air, a heat exchanger for cooling the charge air and being disposed in the housing and an additional heat exchanger for cooling the charge air and being disposed in the housing, the additional heat exchanger positioned downstream from the heat exchanger, a bypass for at least partially circumventing the heat exchanger and the additional heat exchanger, the bypass being disposed in the housing, a control element for influencing the charge air flow being disposed in the housing, in a first position of the control element, the charge air being routed from the inlet to the heat exchanger and the additional heat exchanger, and in a second position of the control element, the charge air being routed from the inlet to the bypass, wherein in a third position, the control element forms an at least partial reduction of a passage cross-section for the charge air, and the housing comprises a U-shaped diverting region for diversion of the charge air, wherein the diverting region is disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of the additional heat exchanger.