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Exhaust manifold

US9689302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Fischer · Berlin, DE
Elmar Grussmann · Altenbeken, DE
Tobias Gockel · Meschede, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 2015
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

An exhaust manifold for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed having a housing, an inlet flange which can be fixed to the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine and has a plurality of inlet openings, and an exhaust outlet. The housing comprises an inner shell and an outer shell, an insulating material being incorporated between the outer shell and the inner shell. A guide plate is provided on the inlet flange side of the inner shell and the outer shell. The guide plate has inflow openings which correspond with the inlet openings of the inlet flange and is joined to the inlet flange. The outer shell engages with its inlet flange-side edge around the guide plate and is joined to the inlet flange and the guide plate.

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