Internal combustion engine with intake module or intake tube fastened to it, and method for fastening an intake module or intake tube to an internal combustion engine

US5653200A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Udo Hafner · Munich, DE
• Walter Lorch · Zaberfeld, DE
• Eckhard Bodenhausen · Steinheim, DE
• Hans-Dieter Siems · Eberdingen, DE
• Thomas Gregorius · Bornsteiner Straße, DE
• Werner Haarer · Mühlacker, DE
• Albert Staacke · Steinheim, DE
• Uwe Schopper · Tamm, DE
• Bernd Koch · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 1996
• Grant date: Aug 5, 1997
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05C2225/08
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention joins the intake module or intake tube to the engine with the aid of a displaceable retaining element. The retaining element, which in the mounted state is under initial tension, is braced against an engine retention face associated with the engine and against at least one counterpart intake module retention face joined to the intake module or intake tube. Because of the displaceability of the retaining element, the expense and effort of mounting and dismantling the intake module or intake tube to the engine by screws are substantially reduced. The engine is intended in particular for motor vehicles.