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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814877 | Intake manifold with reinforcing partitions An intake manifold is provided with partitions which divide the lower space formed under opening ends. An intake air is prevented from flowing into the lower space by the partitions. Since the intake air can be efficiently suctioned to each opening ends, pressure lo... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7650866 | Light load air delivery system for an internal combustion engine A light load air delivery system for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head defining at least one intake port selectively opened by a poppet valve which is biased against a valve seat area of the cylinder head. The light load air delivery system includ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7451732 | Multi-shell air intake manifold with passage for map sensor and method of producing same An air intake manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine composed of a plurality of molded synthetic resin shells assembled to each other so as to define a plenum chamber, a plurality of inlet channels leading from said plenum chamber to cylinder inlets of ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7434558 | Intake apparatus and intake manifold for internal combustion engine An intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes a passage section defining an intake passage; and a throttle valve located in the intake passage, the throttle valve including a rotation shaft, and a plate-shaped valve element arranged to rotate about... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428888 | V-type engine air intake device A V-type engine air intake device is provided for a V-type internal combustion engine. The V-type engine air intake device has a volume chamber, a first intake pipe, a second intake pipe and a plurality of curved branch pipes. The first intake pipe has a first outle... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7392779 | Engine equipped with air-intake device for personal watercraft and personal watercraft An engine equipped with an air-intake device for a personal watercraft, includes a cylinder head cover attached to an upper surface of a cylinder head, a plug cap with ignition coil configured to protrude upward from an upper surface of the cylinder head cover; and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370620 | Intake manifold assembly having short compact runners and methods of making same An air intake manifold assembly for use with an internal combustion engine includes a plenum portion and a runner assembly mounted to the plenum portion. The runner assembly has a flange disposed between an air intake portion and an air outlet portion. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357110 | Resin intake manifold A raised portion is formed at a predetermined location on an inside surface of a wall portion of an intake manifold. A gas introduction hole for introducing gas containing water vapor is formed in another predetermined location, other than in the raised portion, in ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325530 | Engine intake manifold and airflow control valve assembly An engine intake manifold includes a casing having a plurality of air intake passages, and a plurality of valve plates, wherein each valve plate is disposed in one of the air intake passages to control airflow through the air intake passage. The valve plates are con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7299783 | Auxiliary control of airflow through an engine enclosure of an outboard motor A marine propulsion device is provided with an air control system that draws air from the region under the cowl of the outboard motor and induces a flow of air out of the region. The air is caused to flow through a second opening formed in the cowl. As a result, air... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296551 | Intake manifold In an intake manifold in which air introduced from an introduction port is fed to each cylinder of an engine by use of multiple ducts which are disposed parallel, a communication space section which provides communication between the introduction port which introduc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293689 | Two tier brazing for joining copper tubes to manifolds A brazing process for joining copper and copper alloy tubes to a fitting which includes first forming a layer of a high melting temperature noble metal on one end of a copper or copper alloy tube. The plated end is then brazed to a metal ferrule to form a copper all... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287502 | Air intake device for internal combustion engine An air intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an air intake manifold that has a plurality of branch pipes that are connected to an internal combustion engine and has a collecting pipe to which a throttle body is connected, in which an air intake... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275511 | Intake manifold assembly An intake assembly is provided for a sequentially fired eight cylinder V-type internal combustion engine including a cylinder block having a first band of cylinders and a second bank of cylinders. The assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth intake plenums... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7246593 | Intake module assembly An intake module assembly for a vehicle engine is formed from a two-piece shell structure. First and second shells are aligned and joined together to form the entire air path from an air filter to an engine cylinder head. A throttle hose portion is formed as part of... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7219629 | Breathing system in combustion engine A breathing system in a combustion engine includes an air cleaner (3) for purifying air to be supplied to the engine. The air cleaner (3) includes a cleaner casing (30) having a blow-by gas inlet port (33) and an intake air discharge port... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7128039 | Engine air induction arrangement and method Chaotic air flow structures in internal combustion engine manifolds may lead to poor combustion performance and hence undesirable emissions such as visible smoke. Manifolds with flow characteristics compromised by other design requirements are especially prone to th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114477 | Variable intake system monitoring apparatus Variable intake systems are provided that include a variable intake valve shaft, potentiometer, pneumatic actuator, Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor, Throttle Position Sensor and controller. Preferred systems of the invention can monitor whether valves of a variabl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114478 | Intake system of outboard motor An outboard motor includes an upright engine in which a plurality of cylinders are arranged vertically, an engine cover covering the engine, and an intake system for the engine. The intake system includes an intake manifold disposed on a side of the engine and provi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090552 | Intake system for outboard engine An air intake system for an engine of an outboard motor includes air intake plenum chambers and corresponding air intake passages. Residual condensed fuel that can accumulate in the plenum chamber is guided to lower air intake passages through a slot at a predetermi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059289 | Air intake manifold with composite flange and method The air intake manifold assembly includes a manifold with a plurality of air intake ports for fluid communication with a plurality of engine cylinders, respectively, and a composite flange assembly associated with the air intake ports. The composite flange assembly ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055499 | Internal module, members of the module, and electronic controlled throttle device for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine intake module, members thereof and electronically controlled throttle apparatus for a car and related products characterized by great strength, and light weight and compact configuration wherein the weight of the electronically controll... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7021262 | Undercowl plenum chamber with preferential air paths An air intake system for an outboard motor provides parallel air flow paths between an opening formed in a cowl of the outboard motor and an air intake manifold of an engine under the cowl. A first air path flows in a relatively direct path between the opening in th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021263 | Engine manifold with interchangeable porting portion A modular intake manifold for an internal combustion engine that has a lower base member, a center runner section, and an upper shell. The lower base member has a series of outlets and witness marks formed within the outlets and attaches to an engine between right a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011065 | Air intake and a method for installing an air intake The invention relates to an air intake for an engine (19) of a motor vehicle. In particular, the present invention concerns a detachable connection between an air collector module (10) and an intake duct module (11) of the air intake. The invent... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6988478 | Resin intake manifold A resin intake manifold is provided with two separated bodies manufactured by connecting protrusions of weld portions of the separated bodies to each other in accordance with a vibration welding, and a cover wall in which one of the weld portions is arranged in an i... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6962225 | Pipe system for a motorcycle A motorcycle includes a frame, a front wheel, a rear wheel, an engine and a plenum. The rotational axes of the front and rear wheels define a first plane that is perpendicular to a second plane. The engine includes an air intake port and an exhaust port. A first pip... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6920858 | Air intake structure of internal combustion engine An air intake structure of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine. The air intake structure includes an intake air collector having first and second end sides which are longitudinally opposite to each other. An intake air inducting pipe is connected to the i... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6889672 | Air intake arrangement for an internal combustion engine An air intake apparatus for supplying air to an internal combustion engine, comprises a unitary hollow enclosure, a motor vehicle battery, an air filter and an air compressor which when activated compresses air supplied to the engine. The enclosure houses the batter... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889648 | Intake system for an internal combustion engine An intake system for an internal combustion engine having an intake plenum and at least one intake pipe which branches off from the intake plenum and which is composed of at least two intake pipe parts that are divided longitudinally. The intake plenum together with... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6807935 | Intake pipe for an internal combustion engine comprising at least two welded shells An intake pipe (10) for an internal combustion engine composed of shells (11a, 11b) in which the geometry of the joining surfaces (19) adopts an approximately stepped course in areas with a slight incline relative to to join... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805088 | Air intake system of engine In the air intake system of an engine which introduces air passed through a cleaner case having filter element therein into a throttle box through a throttle, and distributes the air from the throttle box to each cylinder of the engine by an intake manifold, the thr... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6782862 | Resin intake manifolds and manufacturing process thereof 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. Th... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6758192 | Vehicle non-metallic intake manifold having an integrated metallic fuel rail An intake manifold (10) includes a fuel rail cavity (30) which receives a metallic fuel rail (14) enclosed by a molded fuel rail cavity cover (32). The fuel rail (14) communicates with each of a plurality of engine cylinders (16... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6758191 | Vehicle intake manifold having an integrated fuel rail and volume adjacent thereto An intake manifold (10) includes an integral fuel rail (14) at least partially surrounded by a volume (22). The volume (22), being adjacent the fuel rail (14), minimizes the permeation of fuel out of the fuel rail (14). The ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752113 | Mounting arrangement for an intake manifold and a method of making same 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 inc... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6739301 | Composite intake manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine and method for producing same 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,... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6701881 | Suction device for internal combustion engine 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, ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6647941 | Air-routing system, especially a suction system of an internal combustion engine An air routing system includes an air filter for cleaning intake air having a clean air outlet a compressor for compressing aspirated intake air an intermediate line connected between the clean air outlet of the filter and the compressor, and an intake mo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6622682 | Sealing arrangement for an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine In an intake manifold of an internal combustion chamber comprising a surge tank assembly and intake pipe assembly, a seal member is interposed between the end surface of the intake pipe assembly and the mating surface of the surge tank assembly so as to s... | 09/23/2003 |
