Intake device of an internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Jan 03 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6363231

Iwamuro, M; Ishii, K; Sarai, N

This patent describes an intake device of an internal combustion engine comprising first cylinders having intake strokes which do not overlap with each other, and second cylinders having intake strokes which do not overlap with each other comprising: an air cleaner; a surge tank having a first end and a second end positioned opposite to the first end; a separating wall extending from the first end to the second end within the surge tank to divide the tank into a first and a second interior chamber connected to the second cylinders, the first end of the surge tank having an opening, the separating wall having a cutaway portion formed adjacent to the opening and having an inner circumferential wall; an air duct connected to the second end of the surge tank to interconnect both the first interior chamber and the second interior chamber to the air cleaner via the air duct; a valve holder attached to the surge tank, having a connecting bore formed therin and interconnecting the first and the second interior chamber, a control valve arranged in the connecting bore and actuated in response to a change in an operating state of the engine; and a band-like seal member arranged in the groove and extending approximately the entire length of the groove.

• Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha and Aisan Industry Co., Ltd., both of Aichi
• Patent Number(s): US 4794886
• OSTI ID: 6363231
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
AIR CLEANING SYSTEMS
AIR FLOW
CONTAINERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CYLINDERS
DESIGN
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
GAS FLOW
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
OPERATION
SEALS
TANKS
VALVES