Air intake systems having condensate retaining structures
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeremy G. Turous, David Matthew Hawkins, Stanley D. Lent, David J. Vallo
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Abstract
An intake system for an internal combustion engine may include an air inlet; a forced induction device downstream from the air inlet; an intercooler downstream from the forced induction device; and an intake conduit configured to guide air from the intercooler to an internal combustion engine. In addition, the system may include a condensate retaining structure associated with the intake conduit and configured to restrict the flow of condensate through the intake conduit.
Claims20
An intake system for an internal combustion engine, the intake system comprising:
- an air inlet;
- a forced induction device downstream from the air inlet;
- an intercooler downstream from the forced induction device;
- an intake conduit configured to guide air from the intercooler to an internal combustion engine;
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- a condensate retaining structure associated with the intake conduit and configured to restrict the flow of condensate through the intake conduit, wherein the condensate retaining structure is located downstream from the forced induction device within the intake conduit between the intercooler and the internal combustion engine;
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- wherein the condensate retaining structure is disposed in a straight section of the intake conduit.
An intake system for an internal combustion engine, the intake system comprising:
- an air inlet;
- a forced induction device downstream from the air inlet;
- an intercooler downstream from the forced induction device;
- an intake conduit configured to guide air from the intercooler to an internal combustion engine;
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- a condensate retaining structure associated with the intake conduit and configured to restrict the flow of condensate through the intake conduit, wherein the condensate retaining structure is located downstream from the forced induction device within the intake conduit between the intercooler and the internal combustion engine;
- the condensate retaining structure including a section of conduit having a larger diameter than other portions of the intake conduit.
An intake system for an internal combustion engine, the intake system comprising:
- an air inlet;
- a forced induction device downstream from the air inlet;
- an intercooler downstream from the forced induction device;
- an intake conduit configured to guide air from the intercooler to an internal combustion engine;
- and
- a condensate retaining structure associated with the intake conduit and configured to restrict the flow of condensate through the intake conduit, wherein the condensate retaining structure is located downstream from the forced induction device within the intake conduit between the intercooler and the internal combustion engine;
- wherein the condensate retaining structure includes a weir extending inward from a wall of the intake conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.