Abstract: An intake device for an internal combustion engine, comprising welded shells joined along a partition line, in which the partition line is provided with a region for producing inclined additional surfaces, which generate a transverse force Q2 due to their inclination relative to a pressure force D applied for welding the shells. This transverse force Q2 offsets a transverse force Q1 which is generated as a result of the inclination of partial regions of the partition line relative to the applied pressure force D. In this way, the transverse forces which arise during production of the intake device may be at least partially offset in the component, so that little or no forces are exerted on the molding tools, and the welding results for the intake pipe may thus be improved.

Abstract: An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, being variable in an intake length, comprising: a first volume chamber disposed in a downstream side of a throttle valve for controlling an intake air passing through an air-cleaner; first independent intake passages being divided from said first volume chamber for guiding the air within said first volume chamber into each of cylinders; second independent intake passages joining and conducting to each of said first independent intake passages, each of which is provided for said each of cylinders respectively; a second volume chamber conducting to all of said second independent intake passages; and valves being provided in said independent intake passages for conducting/shutting off between said second volume chambers and said first independent intake passage, wherein said first independent intake passage and said first volume chamber are built up with a plural number of synthetic resin molded members, and said second independent intake passage surrounding

Abstract: The object of this invention is that a suction device for an internal combustion engine is to be compact. The suction device comprising a casing having an air inlet and a plurality of outlets, a filter in the casing for filtering air from said air inlet, a collection chamber in the casing for receiving air from the filter, at least one throttle valve in the casing for controlling the flow of air from said filter to said collection chamber, and a plurality of suction pipes. According to the present invention, the suction device can be made compact to thereby effectively use an engine room of an automobile.

Abstract: An air-intake manifold includes a plurality of air-intake pipes connecting between a collector and an air-intake pipe mount. Each air-intake pipe 3 is bent to have a predetermined shape. Each air-intake pipe 3 is fabricated by bending a substantially straight double metal pipe that has an outer pipe 3a and an inner pipe 3b with a clearance 3c therebetween equal to or less than 0.2 mm, such that the outer pipe 3a and the inner pipe 3b locally contact with each other at an intermediate region. Accordingly, while the outer pipe 3a and the inner pipe 3b of the air-intake pipe 3 locally contact with each other at the contact point 3e (in the relatively slidable relationship), an air layer having a thickness equal to or less than about 0.2 mm is formed between the outer pipe 3a and the inner pipe 3b at portions except for the contact point 3e.

Abstract: An intake arrangement for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine of a vehicle which has a row of cylinders. The arrangement includes an intake manifold, which includes a collector extending along a direction of the row of the cylinders and a branch portion communicated with the collector, a fuel pipe extending along the collector, and a protector extending along the fuel pipe between the branch portion and the fuel pipe. The fuel pipe is disposed at a downstream end portion of the branch portion which allows air to be introduced into the cylinders. The protector is secured to the downstream end portion of the branch portion and deformable to cover the fuel pipe upon an impact load being applied to the branch portion.

Abstract: A suction device used for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle passage, which is arranged on the upstream side, and also includes an air connector, a surge tank and suction manifolds which are arranged on the downstream side of the throttle passage. An opening section of the air connector arranged in the longitudinal direction on a side wall face of the surge tank is provided on a wall face corresponding to a position which becomes a substantial center of the suction manifold which is open to the surge tank. Due to the foregoing, intake air can be evenly distributed to the suction manifold, and lengths of the passages can be made equal to each other. Accordingly, the generation of a rumbling noise can be suppressed. Further, the suction manifold substantially encircles the outer circumferential wall faces of the surge tank and others.

Abstract: The object of this invention is that a suction device for an internal combustion engine is to be compact. The suction device comprising a casing having an air inlet and a plurality of outlets, a filter in the casing for filtering air from said air inlet, a collection chamber in the casing for receiving air from the filter, at least one throttle valve in the casing for controlling the flow of air from said filter to said collection chamber, and a plurality of suction pipes. According to the present invention, the suction device can be made compact to thereby effectively use an engine room of an automobile.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for an intake manifold and a method of making same. The mounting arrangement includes an adapter plate attached to a cylinder head of an engine. The adapter plate has at least one aperture having a smooth inner surface. The intake manifold includes at least one inlet pipe and is mounted to the adapter plate by arranging the at least one inlet pipe in the at least one aperture of the adapter plate. A securing mechanism is arranged between the at least one inlet pipe and the smooth inner surface of the at least one aperture. The mounting arrangement of the present invention substantially isolates the intake manifold from vibrations caused by the operation of the engine, which in the past have been transmitted to the intake manifold by way of mounting flanges.

Abstract: The invention concerns an intake manifold (1) comprising a plenum (8) and air ducts (13) one of which at least, for each combustion chamber of the engine, has a sudden enlargement (19) of its passage cross-section, immediately followed in downstream direction by a duct portion (20) having a gradually decreasing cross-section and ending (21) upstream of a flange fixing (16) the manifold (1) to the engine and its cylinder head. The plenum (8) and each of the air ducts (13) at least are made of synthetic material, preferably capable of being molded. The invention is useful for equipping internal combustion engine with pistons driven in reciprocating movement in the cylinders.

Abstract: An air intake device for an internal combustion engine with crankcase ventilation in which crankcase gases are conducted via a duct structure (25) into the interior (18) of the air intake device (10). The duct structure ensures a quasi cylinder-selective feed through a plurality of feed inlets (27) into individual intake channels (20a). The duct structure is formed by the wall of the intake manifold and is sealed by a cover, so that the intake manifold can be produced cost-effectively. This construction has the advantage of ensuring uniform distribution of the crankcase gases among the cylinders while simultaneously enabling economically efficient manufacture.

Abstract: An intake manifold made of a synthetic resin includes a surge tank, and a plurality of intake pipes disposed in parallel to one another and each having a rising pipe portion which is connected to a lower portion of the surge tank and extends upwards. A space is defined between the surge tank and each of the rising pipe portions, as viewed sideways. In order to enable an increase in volume of the surge tank, while avoiding an increase in size of the intake manifold, the surge tank (20) includes a main tank portion (20a) extending in a direction (28) of arrangement of the intake pipes (21A to 21D) and opposed to the rising pipe portions (29A to 29D) of the intake pipes (21A to 21D), and a sideways-bulged portion (20b) which is bulged from an intermediate portion of the main tank portion (20a) as viewed in the arrangement direction (28) and is interposed between a pair of rising pipe portions (29B, 29C) disposed at the intermediate portion as viewed in the arrangement direction 28.

Abstract: An intake device for an internal combustion engine, comprising welded shells joined along a partition line, in which the partition line is provided with a region for producing inclined additional surfaces, which generate a transverse force Q2 due to their inclination relative to a pressure force D applied for welding the shells. This transverse force Q2 offsets a transverse force Q1 which is generated as a result of the inclination of partial regions of the partition line relative to the applied pressure force D. In this way, the transverse forces which arise during production of the intake device may be at least partially offset in the component, so that little or no forces are exerted on the molding tools, and the welding results for the intake pipe may thus be improved.

Abstract: An intake device for supplying combustion air to an internal combustion engine composed of two sealingly connected half shells (10, 11) which form an intake air plenum (13), intake ducts (14), and a cylinder head flange (15) in which there is an insert (20) associated with each intake duct (14). Each insert is provided with a partition (23) for dividing the flow into two flow cross-sections (21, 22). The first flow cross section (21) is provided with a valve flap (24), which can be opened and closed to influence the filling of combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An engine for a watercraft includes an improved air induction system that can have a large plenum chamber notwithstanding being placed in a narrow engine compartment. The air induction system includes a plenum chamber member defining the plenum chamber. The plenum chamber member has an air inlet port for the plenum chamber. The air induction system also includes one or more throttle bodies. The throttle bodies have throttle valves admitting air to one or more combustion chambers from the plenum chamber. The throttle bodies are disposed within the plenum chamber. The construction of the air induction system not only provide a large capacity plenum chamber, but also protects the throttle bodies from water.

Abstract: An air routing system, especially an air intake system of an internal combustion engine, which makes optimal use of available installation space by integrating a bypass channel (25) into an air intake module (10). The volume of the bypass channel also provides an acoustic shield for the collector chamber or plenum (22). The free area (13) behind the mounting flange (11) that is required for screwing in mounting bolts in order to mount the air intake module (10) is used by an air intake hood (14) which can be installed on the filter housing (15) after the air intake module has been mounted. This assures that there is a greater volume available in the filter housing (15), thereby reducing the noise at the inlet opening of the air intake module.

Abstract: An intake device for an internal combustion engine including a mounting flange (10) for mounting to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and a plurality of intake manifolds (11-14) which open into a common collecting chamber. The mounting flange (10) and upper shells (23, 24, 25, 26) form a first component; lower shells (27, 28, 29, 30) form a third component, and a central, second component (31) is provided between the first and third components. The respective components are assembled to each other in such a way that the second component is fixed to the first component by a positive fit, and the third component is fixed to the second component in the same way. The components are preferably secured together by friction welding.

Abstract: A four stroke engine having at least two cylinders spaced vertically relative to each other. Each cylinder includes a cylinder body having a cylinder bore extending generally horizontally. Plurality of air intake ducts are provided for connecting a common plenum chamber and respective air intake passages which extends to respective combustion chambers. Each of the air intake ducts has a generally straight section extending generally horizontally and parallel to each other. The distance between the straight sections is less than the distance between the axes of the cylinder bores. Also, in another feature, throttle body means are interposed between duct members, which are upstream components of the air intake ducts, and the intake passages for controlling the flow of air to the combustion chambers.

Abstract: An outboard motor is mounted with a multiple-cylinder engine and an intake air is distributed by an intake manifold to respective cylinders of the engine. The intake manifold is formed of synthetic resin and comprises a surge tank and a branch including a plurality of branch sections extending from the surge tank to the respective cylinders. The surge tank and the branch constitute an intake manifold body which is divided along a flow direction of the intake air flowing in the branch sections.

Abstract: An air induction system for an engine is provided with a flow meter to sense a flow amount of air introduced into a combustion chamber of the engine. The air induction system includes an improved construction that can protect the flow meter from rigorous environment. The construction includes a primary intake passage through which the air flows. A secondary intake passage extends from the primary passage to communicate with the primary passage. At least a portion of the air flows through the secondary passage. A filter is disposed in the secondary passage to filtrate the portion of the air. The flow meter is positioned downstream of the filter in the secondary passage.

Abstract: To improve the efficiency of assembling multiple on-off valves into a manifold body and reduce resistance to rotation of a shaft after assembly, frame members (3) are fitted in downstream end portions of individual intake passage sections (12) of a manifold body (2), on-off valves (4) are placed inside the individual frame members (3) and a shaft (5) is passed through the on-off valves (4) in such a way that the frame members (3) constitute parts of inside walls of intake passages where the on-off valves (4) are located, the frame members (3) rotatably supporting the on-off valves (4) and the shaft (5). A cutout (23) is formed in a surrounding wall of each frame member (3), thereby making each frame member (3) expandable and compressible by elastic deformation.

Abstract: A resin intake manifold includes a chamber section having an intake port which leads to a throttle body 91, and a plurality of pipe sections 7 which connect interior of the chamber section to cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The chamber section is made up of a plurality of port members 1 coupled together, each port member 1 including the pipe section 7 and a cylindrical section 6 whose external wall is connected to an end of the pipe section 7.

Abstract: An inertia charge intake manifold is associated with an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. The intake manifold includes a plurality of elongated separate branch pipes each corresponding to a respective one of the cylinders. The intake manifold also includes a common flange for connecting a first end of each branch pipe to the internal combustion engine. The common flange has a first surface attached to the internal combustion engine. Further, the intake manifold includes a surge tank to which a second end of each branch pipe is connected. The common flange, the surge tank and each branch pipe are made of a hard thermoplastic synthetic resin. The common flange is integrally connected to the surge tank.

Abstract: Branching pipes connect a surge tank to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The branching pipes are made such that each gas column of the internal combustion receives a uniform intake volume. This is achieved by either making each branching pipe of the same length, or by adjusting the inside diameters of the branching pipes, thereby creating a flow delay of the intake into the gas columns, resulting in uniform intake volume. The inside diameters of the branching pipes are either made uniformly of a different diameter, or, alternatively, the inside diameters of the branching pipes include throttles for reducing the diameter of the branching pipe at a localized portion. In both cases, a flow delay of the intake into the gas columns is compensated, resulting in a uniform intake volume.

Abstract: An adjustable intake pipe, especially for supplying combustion air to an internal combustion engine, which includes a collector chamber arranged in a control element which has an essentially cylindrical configuration. Due to its construction, the collector chamber has a larger volume than required for the air supply, so that the chamber is not used efficiently. In accordance with the invention, the collection chamber is used in such a way that additional components of the intake tract defined by the intake pipe, i.e. the intake tract of an internal combustion engine, can be arranged in the collection chamber volume. This can be achieved, for example, by arranging a resonance chamber (20) within the collector chamber (11) with the resonance chamber being connected to the air supply system by through holes (19).

Abstract: An air intake duct for an internal combustion engine, which has a plurality of intake tubes 13. In one of the intervening spaces 15 between the intake tubes a working element, especially a filter housing 16, is contained. The latter communicates directly with the crankcase of the internal combustion engine, which is not shown in the drawings. The intake duct 10 is affixed over this connection, while the outlets 24 are joined to the internal combustion engine through resilient or elastic isolating elements. The advantage of the intake duct according to the invention lies in improved accessibility of the filter housing, since by unscrewing the cover 17 the filter insert can easily be replaced. Due to the upright position of the filter housing a positively controlled drainage is furthermore assured.

Abstract: An outboard motor is mounted with a multiple-cylinder engine and an intake air is distributed by an intake manifold to respective cylinders of the engine. The intake manifold is formed of synthetic resin and comprises a surge tank and a branch including a plurality of branch sections extending from the surge tank to the respective cylinders. The surge tank and the branch constitute an intake manifold body which is divided along a flow direction of the intake air flowing in the branch sections.

Abstract: A suction system for a combustion air supply to an internal combustion engine, in particular for a motor vehicle, having an induction funnel which at an open end has an induction pipe, and an air manifold, on which cylinder-specific suction pipe arms, which can be connected to a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, are arranged. In this system, the induction funnel and the air manifold are formed in a common housing. A partition of the housing separates the induction funnel from the air manifold.

Abstract: A composite air intake manifold assembly adapted for use with an internal combustion engine includes an upper half shell formed from a polymer, a lower half shell formed from a polymer and joined to the upper half shell to define a housing having an internal cavity, and a one piece inner shell formed from a polymer and disposed within the cavity. The one piece inner shell in combination with the upper half shell and the lower half shell cooperate to define at least a pair of spaced apart air intake runners. Each of the runners includes an opened air intake end adapted to receive atmospheric air, and an opened air inlet end adapted to be connected to an associated air inlet side of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A four stroke engine having at least two cylinders spaced vertically relative to each other. Each cylinder includes a cylinder body having a cylinder bore extending generally horizontally. Plurality of air intake ducts are provided for connecting a common plenum chamber and respective air intake passages which extends to respective combustion chambers. Each of the air intake ducts has a generally straight section extending generally horizontally and parallel to each other. The distance between the straight sections is less than the distance between the axes of the cylinder bores. Also, in another feature, throttle body means are interposed between duct members, which are upstream components of the air intake ducts, and the intake passages for controlling the flow of air to the combustion chambers.

Abstract: An inertia charge intake manifold is associated with an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. The intake manifold includes a plurality of elongated separate branch pipes each corresponding to a respective one of the cylinders. The intake manifold also includes a common flange for connecting a first end of each branch pipe to the internal combustion engine. The common flange has a first surface attached to the internal combustion engine. Further, the intake manifold includes a surge tank to which a second end of each branch pipe is connected. The common flange, the surge tank and each branch pipe are made of a hard thermoplastic synthetic resin. The common flange is integrally connected to the surge tank.

Abstract: A compact small displacement automotive internal combustion engine that has its cylinder bores inclined to the vertical and that has a reentrant configured induction system that provides long intake runners while maintaining an engine that has its longitudinal width in the engine compartment substantially equal to its vertical height. In addition the engine has an improved accessory mounting arrangement.

Abstract: A power steering fluid reservoir is provided which is formed integrally with an intake manifold. The intake manifold includes an inlet channel for allowing ambient air into the manifold. A plenum is fluidly connected with the inlet channel and the plenum provides a gaseous reservoir. A plurality of runners are fluidly connected with the plenum for distributing air to the cylinders of an engine. Integrally formed with the inlet channel, plenum, and runners is a power steering fluid reservoir. The power steering fluid reservoir is fluidly separated from the intake plenum by a common wall. The common wall allows for continuous cooling of the power steering fluid by an induced flow of ambient air through the plenum.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of engine induction system and fuel injection systems for increasing the engine's combustion efficiency by maintaining a desired ratio between the intake system volume between the throttle valve and the intake port and the exhaust gas volume. This requires a close positioning of the throttle valve to the combustion chamber, and thus results in quick throttle response. A fuel injection system injects fuel into the intake passage, and a number of embodiments of buffer valves are employed so as to maintain stability in combustion when blipping the throttle under no-load conditions. In addition, arrangements are disclosed wherein separate throttle bodies are employed but that utilize the fuel rail as a means for connecting all of these throttle bodies together to provide a unitary sub-assembly.

Abstract: A seat for receiving a fuel injecting valve, is provided in an intake pipe at a portion closer to an intake port, than a straight line connecting a crossing point P, of a first and a second center lines CL, and CL, to a curved center C. of the bent pipe portion; fastening seats and for fastening the mounting member, to the intake pipe, is provided on the intake pipe, at such a position as to put the straight line between the seat and the fastening seats and; and the seat and the fastening seats and are formed in parallel to each other.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold having a plenum connected to ambient air by a main throttle and branches leading from the plenum to an intake port of each cylinder. A storage pipe is connected and parallel with each of the intake manifold branches. Gases from an auxiliary supply are drawn by the intake manifold vacuum into the storage pipe and thence into the engine cylinders.