US4672939A
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Intake manifold for internal combustion engine having exhaust gas recirculation system
Assignee: Toyota Industries Corp
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Filing: 1985-08-19
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Granted: 1987-06-16
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Expires: 2005-08-19
Abstract
Abstract An intake manifold (2) for an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system capable of recirculation a part of the exhaust gas to the intake system, having a configuration capable of preventing oil contained in the blow-by gas supplied by a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system or the air supplied by a turbocharger from flowing into the EGR gas outlet (10) of the EGR system opened to the intake manifold (2). The EGR outlet (10) is formed in the upper section of the interior of the intake manifold (2) so that the flow of oil into the EGR gas outlet (10) is impeded.
Inventors
- 👤 Tatsuhisa Yokoi
- 👤 Eisaku Takeya
- 👤 Kyo Hattori
- 👤 Kazuo Abe
- 👤 Hideyuki Osawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 15:12
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; F02M26/17; F02M26/19; F02F; F02F7/00; F02F7/006; F02M26/20; F02M26/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
An intake manifold of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation system which introduces a part of exhaust gas from an exhaust passage through an EGR gas supply passage into said intake manifold, said intake manifold being provided with an EGR gas outlet opened thereto and connected to said EGR gas supply passage, said EGR gas outlet being located in an upper section of an interior of said intake manifold, a part of said EGR gas supply passage, in the vicinity of said EGR gas outlet, extending transversely along a side-to-top wall of said intake manifold, said part of EGR gas passage defining at an opposite side thereof an inclined inner wall along said side-to-top wall of said intake manifold, in a transverse cross-section of said intake manifold, said inclined inner wall having its top portion directed downward to define said EGR gas outlet, so that said EGR gas outlet is defined below an inner surface of the top wall of said inner intake manifold.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
An intake manifold of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation system which introduces a part of exhaust gas from an exhaust passage through an EGR gas supply passage into said intake manifold, said intake manifold being provided with an EGR gas outlet opened thereto and connected to said EGR gas supply passage, said EGR gas outlet being located in an upper section of an interior of said intake manifold, a part of said EGR gas supply passage, in the vicinity of said EGR gas outlet, extending transversely along a side-to-top wall of said intake manifold, said part of EGR gas passage defining at an opposite side thereof an inclined inner wall along said side-to-top wall of said intake manifold, in a transverse cross-section of said intake manifold, said inclined inner wall having its top portion directed downward to define said EGR gas outlet, so that said EGR gas outlet is defined below an inner surface of the top wall of said inner intake manifold.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
An intake manifold as set forth in claim 1, wherein said part of said EGR gas supply passage is defined in said intake manifold by a wall portion integrally formed with said intake manifold.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
An intake manifold as set forth in claim 1, wherein said part of said EGR gas supply passage extends transversely along an outer face of said side-to-top wall of said intake manifold.
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