Liquid cooled exhaust manifold

Claim 2

For an internal combustion engine, a liquid cooled exhaust manifold of the type having individual exhaust gas inlets positioned in a low portion of the manifold and fluidly connected to passages extending upwards to an exhaust gas outlet at a higher portion of the manifold, comprising: a manifold housing having spaced inner and outer wall means, the inner wall means defining individual exhaust gas inlets and passages extending generally upward; the wall means further defining a common exhaust gas collector portion fluidly connected to the individual gas passages and further defining an outlet aperture located higher in the exhaust manifold than the inlet apertures; the spaced inner and outer wall means defining a coolant flow passage therebetween including individual coolant passages about each individual exhaust gas passage; inlet means for liquid coolant located low in the manifold to introduce coolant to the individual coolant flow passages; outlet means for liquid coolant located higher in the exhaust manifold than the inlet means to discharge coolant from the manifold; a transversely extending passage forming means extending normally to the upward flow passages low on the manifold and fluidly connected to the individual coolant flow passages whereby the transverse passage means distributes coolant evenly to each individual coolant flow passage.

Claim 3

For an internal combustion engine, a liquid cooled exhaust manifold of the type having individual exhaust gas inlets fluidly connected to upwardly extending individual exhaust gas flow passages therein and then fluidly connected to an exhaust gas outlet located at an upper portion of the manifold comprising: a manifold housing having spaced outer and inner walled portions, the inner walled portions defining the individual exhaust gas inlets and further defining the individual exhaust gas flow passages, the inlet apertures being located in a low portion of the manifold housing and the individual gas flow passages extending generally upward therefrom; the wall portion of the housing further forming a common exhaust gas connector portion fluidly connected with the individual flow passages, and defining an outlet aperture fluidly connected thereto, the outlet aperture being located in a higher portion of the manifold housing with respect to the inlet apertures; the spaced inner and outer walled portions of the manifold forming coolant flow passages including individual coolant flow passages encircling each individual exhaust gas flow passage; inlet means for liquid coolant located low in the manifold housing and outlet means for liquid coolant located high in the manifold housing to produce an upward flow of liquid coolant; a transversely extending coolant flow passage normal to the upward flow passages fluidly connected to the individual coolant passages to distribute coolant evenly to each individual coolant passage.

Claim 4

For an internal combustion engine, a liquid cooled exhaust manifold of the type having individual exhaust gas inlets fluidly connected to upwardly extending individual exhaust gas flow passages therein and then fluidly connected to an exhaust gas outlet located at an upper portion of the manifold comprising: a manifold housing having spaced outer and inner walled portions, the inner walled portions defining the individual exhaust gas inlets and further defining the individual exhaust gas flow passages, the inlet apertures being located in a low portion of the manifold housing and the individual gas flow passages extending generally upward therefrom; the wall portion of the housing further forming a common exhaust gas connector portion fluidly connected with the individual flow passages, and defining an outlet aperture fluidly connected thereto, the outlet aperture being located in a higher portion of the manifold housing with respect to the inlet apertures; the spaced inner and outer walled portions of the manifold forming coolant flow passages including individual coolant flow passages encircling each individual exhaust gas flow passage; inlet means for liquid coolant located low in the manifold housing and outlet means for liquid coolant located high in the manifold housing to produce an upward flow of liquid coolant; a transversely extending coolant flow passage normal to the upward flow passages fluidly connected to the individual coolant passages to distribute coolant evenly to each individual coolant passage.

Claim 5

The manifold set forth in claim 2 in which the housing has a coolant inlet at each end of the manifold fluidly aligned with the transversely extending flow passage.