Patent · US Expired

Intake assembly for a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine

US5546900A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Adamek · Nashua, US
Eduard Kopec · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Armin Ludmann · Gerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 1995
Grant date	Aug 20, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An intake assembly for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine which has at least first and second intake ducts of different lengths for each cylinder which proceed from an intake distributor and converge shortly before an intake valve. The shorter second intake duct is provided with a shut-off device formed by a control shaft which extends along the whole length of the laterally adjacent second individual intake ducts and at least one end of which is mounted in a radially freely movable manner.

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