Patent · US Expired

Exhaust manifold

US6604358B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

6References

15Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Gerd Durr · Neustadt an der Weinstraße, DE
Georg Georgs · Stuttgart, DE
Gerd Tiefenbacher · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Hans A. Harle · Bopfingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2002
Grant date	Aug 12, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01N2450/22
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In an exhaust manifold to be mounted on a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine which cylinder head includes a plurality of exhaust passages, the exhaust manifold includes a gas collector housing with a mounting flange, a gas conducting duct arranged in spaced relationship within the gas collector housing and having a mounting collar, and a hold-down element mounted together with the flange onto the cylinder head and including a recess receiving the collar of the gas conducting duct for retaining the gas conducting duct in engagement with the cylinder head but permitting relative movement thereto.

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