Intake apparatus for internal combustion engine
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiji OKAMURA
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Abstract
An intake apparatus, for an internal combustion engine, includes a first intake passage connected to a first bank of the internal combustion engine, a second intake passage connected to a second bank of the internal combustion engine, a first turbocharger provided in the first intake passage, a second turbocharger provided in the second intake passage, a first throttle valve provided in the first intake passage at a position downstream of the first turbocharger, a second throttle valve provided in the second intake passage at a position downstream of the second turbocharger, and a communication pipe connected to a position downstream of the first throttle valve in the first intake passage and a position downstream of the second throttle valve in the second intake passage.
Claims3
An intake apparatus, for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a first intake passage connected to a first bank of the internal combustion engine;
- a second intake passage connected to a second bank of the internal combustion engine;
- a first turbocharger provided in the first intake passage;
- a second turbocharger provided in the second intake passage;
- a first throttle valve provided in the first intake passage at a position downstream of the first turbocharger;
- a second throttle valve provided in the second intake passage at a position downstream of the second turbocharger;
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- a communication pipe connected to a position downstream of the first throttle valve in the first intake passage and a position downstream of the second throttle valve in the second intake passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.