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Exhaust manifold for internal combustion engines

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6564248
This patent describes an exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine having cylinders and at least one exhaust pipe, comprising: exhaust ducts formed of discrete pipe members, the exhaust ducts having respective exhaust conduits defined therein and connected at upstream ends thereof to respective ones of the cylinders; a united section having an upstream divergent portion connected to downstream ends of the exhaust ducts and having a downstream convergent portion having at least two internal passages defined therein and a peripheral wall; and a flange member coupled with the downstream convergent portion of the united section for connecting the united section to the at least one exhaust pipe. The improvement is described wherein: (a) an internal space is defined in the downstream convergent portion of the united section and at a location intermediate between adjacent ones of the at least two internal passages to communicate them with each other; (b) an opening is formed in the peripheral wall of the downstream convergent portion at a location positionally corresponding to the internal space; and (c) the flange member has a boss formed thereon, the boss being larger in size than the opening and disposed in face-to-face contact with an outer surface of the peripheral wall of the downstream convergent portion, the boss having a through bore formed therein and aligned with the opening, through which an exhaust constituent concentration sensor is to be inserted.
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
Patent Number(s):
US 4656830
OSTI ID:
6564248
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English