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Internal combustion engine having means for recirculating exhaust and turbo boost gases

US6308666A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 14, 2000
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 14, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention concerns an internal combustion engine devoid of mechanical turbo boost means comprising n cylinders (C1, . . . , C4) each provided with a piston with reciprocating translation movement, each cylinder being equipped with q exhaust valves and r induction valves, q and r being whole numbers not less than 1, each cylinder being, in an operating cycle, filled with air and fuel, a subsequent combustion with expansion supplying the energy delivered by the engine and an exhaust for evacuating burnt gases, the exhaust valves of n cylinders being connected to p exhaust manifold branches such that, on the same manifold branch, n' cylinders are coupled with n'<n and p<n, each exhaust manifold branch (D) being connected to the exhaust gas outlet by a closure member (B) and connected to the atmosphere by at least one breather vent valve (SS) and each cylinder comprising, over part of its operating cycle, three successive phases .phi.1, .phi.2, .phi.3, the n' groups of three phases of the whole set of n cylinders connected to common manifold branch covering the engine entire operating cycle.

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