Patent · US Expired

Intake module for an internal combustion engine

US7178504B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

6References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Werner Huhn · Salsomaggiore Terme, IT
Markus Netz · Untergruppenbach, DE
Jurgen Schwarz · Bremerhaven, DE
Jan Stotz · Wüstenrot, DE
Wolf Zimmermann · Erbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2006
Grant date	Feb 20, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

In an intake module for an internal combustion engine having an intake module which includes a housing with a first volume in which air drawn in via an inlet orifice accumulates, a second volume in which the air is distributed to various cylinders of the engine and which contains inlet ports leading to inlet valves of the engine, a support module with associated throttle elements is arranged between the first volume and the second volume of the intake module within the housing so as to provide for short travel passages between the throttle elements and the intake valves of the engine.

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