Patent · US Expired

Mechanical supercharger for an internal combustion engine and a method of making same

US6079394A · kind A · utility

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3References

30Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Joerg Abthoff · Schorndorf, DE
Roland Kemmler · Stuttgart, DE
Adolf Kremer · Waiblingen, DE
Reinhard Steinkaemper · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 1998
Grant date	Jun 27, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An internal combustion engine having a mechanical supercharger for compressing the combustion air in the intake manifold. The supercharger communicates with a charge-air cooler which is arranged downstream in the direction of flow of the combustion air and is connected to the intake manifold. In order to design an internal combustion engine in such a way that as few alterations to the basic engine as possible are required for the arrangement of the supercharger, the supercharger, the charge-air cooler and the intake manifold are formed as an interchangeable supercharger module held on a support plate.

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