Intake manifold and outboard motor
AssigneeMikuni Corporation
InventorHirobumi Oosawa
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Abstract
An intake manifold which can ensure a pressure resistance strength, a mechanical strength, and the like and also reduce a passage resistance and an outboard motor which can be made smaller and thinner in a width direction. A resinous intake manifold made of a resin and configured to be applied to an engine of an outboard motor includes: a surge tank which forms a flat contour and includes an intake inlet; and a plurality of branch pipes which defines intake passages communicating with an internal space of the surge tank, wherein a contour wall of the surge tank includes a plurality of ridge portions which protrudes toward the internal space and is oriented toward the intake passage side.
Claims13
An intake manifold made of a resin and configured to be applied to an engine, comprising:
- a surge tank which forms a flat contour and includes an intake inlet;
- a plurality of branch pipes which defines an intake passage communicating with an internal space of the surge tank;
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- a plurality of branch walls which branches the plurality of branch pipes from the surge tank,
- wherein a contour wall of the surge tank includes a plurality of ridge portions which protrudes toward the internal space and is oriented toward the intake passage,
- wherein the plurality of branch walls are separated from the plurality of ridge portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.