Patent · US Expired

Air suction device for internal combustion engine

US6460501B1 · kind B1 · utility

6Cited by

2References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christian Fischer · Waldbronn, DE
Rudolf Leipelt · Oberstenfeld, DE
Olaf Weber · Bloomfield Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2000
Grant date	Oct 8, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

An air intake device for an internal combustion engine, in which the device includes at least one collecting vessel (10) as well as a plurality of intake ducts which extend separately toward different cylinders in the engine. The intake ducts extend into the collecting vessel and are formed from a flexible tube (16), such as a synthetic resin tube.

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