Patent ID: 8752531

Claim:
An engine including a supercharger having an outlet end cooling system comprising: an engine intake manifold providing a flow of compressed air into the engine; a supercharger in fluid communication with the engine intake manifold providing the flow of compressed air into the intake manifold; an inlet end of the supercharger receiving ambient air; an outlet end of the supercharger opposite the inlet end of the supercharger; a path for the ambient air from the inlet end of the supercharger to the outlet end of the supercharger with increasing pressure and temperature as the ambient air is compressed along the path to produce the flow of compressed air; a coolant to air heat exchanger for cooling a coolant flow; a supercharger coolant inlet in fluid communication with the coolant to air heat exchanger to receive the cooled coolant flow; a supercharger coolant path residing proximal to the outlet end of the supercharger, no portion of the supercharger coolant path greater than three inches from an outlet end wall portion of the supercharger, the supercharger coolant path in fluid communication with the supercharger coolant inlet to receive the cooled coolant flow; a supercharger coolant outlet in fluid communication with the supercharger coolant path to receive the coolant flow from the supercharger coolant path; and the supercharger coolant outlet in fluid communication with the coolant to air heat exchanger to return the coolant flow to the coolant to air heat exchanger.