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Connection box with charging fluid supply arrangement for an internal combustion engine

US9441530B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Baumann · Tettnang, DE
Dominik Seiderer · Birkenfeld, DE
Walter Gauss · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2012
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

In a connection box for direct connection to a charging fluid duct of a charging fluid supply designed for intermixing a charge air and an exhaust gas to form a charging fluid, comprising a housing with a charge air connecting space including at least a connection for a charge air guide arrangement, and at least one mixing channel in communication with the charge air connecting space via a connection for supplying charge air to the mixing channel and the mixing channel including a supply side exhaust gas connection for an exhaust gas recirculation and a charging fluid-side mixing channel connection for the charging fluid duct, the connection is arranged at a first front side of the housing, and the mixing channel extends along a longitudinal side of the housing from the first front side to a second front side of the housing opposite the first front side.

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