Intake system for internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue May 20 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5635472

Takayama, T

An intake system is described for an internal combustion engine having cylinders and intake ports extending therefrom, the intake system including an induction passage which extends from an outlet of an air cleaner to an upstream end of an intake manifold having an upstream end and branched downstream ends connected to the intake ports the intake manifold being disposed on the engine at a position which is not higher than a top surface of the engine. A fuel injector having a longitudinal axis is disposed in the induction passage. A throttle valve is disposed in the induction passage downstream of the fuel injector, wherein the induction passage extends substantially horizontally and the fuel injector disposed such that the longitudinal axis thereof extends substantially horizontally in a vicinity of a longitudinal axis of the induction passage.

• Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4589381
• OSTI ID: 5635472
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
AIR FILTERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CYLINDERS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FILTERS
FLOW REGULATORS
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
HEAT ENGINES
INTAKE STRUCTURES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POSITIONING
VALVES