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Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for vehicles

US7363900B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Robert Griessbach · Weyarn, DE
Robert Wagner · Munich, DE
Andreas Werner · Königstein, DE
Steffen Lutz · Pirmasens, DE
Rolf Kruse · Enköping, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2006
Grant date	Apr 29, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M35/10268
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for vehicles, having a plurality of air ducts leading to the cylinders and an associated engine control device situated in a housing, the air ducts are combined into a single unit, on the exterior of which the engine control device housing is situated on its lower part which forms the underside, and the lower part of the engine control device housing simultaneously forms a part of the air ducts.

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