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Internal combustion engine and fresh air system

US8746216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alfred Elsässer · Keltern, DE
Bernhardt Lüddecke · Eisenberg (Pfalz), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 2010
Grant date	Jun 10, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An internal combustion engine may include a piston engine having at least one combustion chamber and a fresh air system for feeding fresh air to the at least one combustion chamber including at least one fresh air line. A bloom mixer may be arranged in the fresh air line and configured to divide a fresh air flow conducted in the fresh air line into at least two partial flows and reunite these again on the outflow side subject to the formation of a turbulence.

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