Intake system

US4183332A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Volkswagenwerk AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Hofbauer · Beverly Hills, US
• Wilhelm Heimermann · Wolfsburg, DE
• Dieter Gummer · Wolfsburg, DE
• Michael Willmann · Bermatingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 1978
• Grant date: Jan 15, 1980
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An intake system for a multi-cylinder, internal combustion engine, such as a compression ignition (Diesel) engine. The system includes an air filter housing opening directly into a number of intake pipes (one per cylinder) each leading separately to an individual cylinder. The filtered air side of the filter housing thus serves simultaneously as an intake manifold and as an intake silencer.