Abstract: A coupling hose assembly with a flexible hose and two clamps each bonded for only a minor portion of the length thereof to the hose, each positioned adjacent an end portion of the hose. Ridges are formed in the hose on each side of each clamp to guide each clamp as it is being tightened. The inside of the hose is provided with a circumferential bead against which the ends of tubular members can be positioned so that they are inserted sufficiently in the hose so as to be in proper registry with the clamps, thereby ensuring that when the clamps are tightened they will constrict the hose uniformly about the tubular members to produce seals therebetween.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine of improved efficiency having a cylinder and an intake manifold, the manifold containing therein between the plane of laminated flow and the cylinder end of the manifold a device for increasing turbulence, said device including at least one unit comprising a plate having a central opening which is responsive to flow through said opening to produce turbulence and a second plate having a central opening therein, the plane of the opening in the second plate being downstream of the first mentioned plate. The invention includes also a method for making such an improved engine in which the device is inserted into the cylinder end of the intake manifold until it is fully contained within the manifold.