Intake passage arrangement for internal combustion engines
OwnerEtsuhiro Tezuka, Koichiro Kaji +1inventors
InventorsEtsuhiro Tezuka, Koichiro Kaji, Toru Ichinose
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Abstract
A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with an intake valve and a throttle valve respective to each cylinder. A respective intake passage interconnects each throttle and intake valve. At least one element of a charge flows through the intake passage. An intake balance conduit includes a plurality of branches and interconnects a plurality (preferably all) of the intake passages. The branches discharge into their respective intake passages at an acute angle relative to the direction of stream flow in the intake passage, preferably substantially downstream from the throttle valve. Exhaust gas recirculation means can optionally discharge into the conduit, preferably substantially downstream from the throttle valve.
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In a multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine, each said cylinder including an intake valve, an intake passage respective to said intake valve through which at least one element of a charge flows in a direction of stream flow, each said intake passage being bounded by a peripheral wall, and a throttle valve in each said intake passage spaced from the respective intake valve, the improvement comprising:
- an intake balance conduit which includes a plurality of branches for connecting all of said intake passages with each other and for providing flow therebetween, each one of said branches including a respective discharge means discharging fluid from its respective branch into its respective intake passage at an acute angle relative to said direction of stream flow in the respective intake passage for providing flow from each of said branches to discharge at an acute angle in a downstream direction into the respective intake passage to generate turbulence in the cylinder at low speeds, and an exhaust gas recirculation passage communicating between a region receiving exhaust gases from said cylinders and a central section of said intake balance conduit to effect exhaust gas recirculation of exhaust gases to the intake passages.
In an intake system for an internal combustion engine of a type having a combustion chamber, an intake pasage and an exhaust passage opening to the combustion chamber, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve disposed in said intake and exhaust passages to open and close the respective passages, said intake valve having a longitudinal axis and a peripheral edge, the improvement comprising a supply chamber and control passage means connected at one end to the supply chamber and being open at another end to a lower surface of the intake passage upstream of and in the immediate vicinity of the intake valve and being substantially directed at an angle offset from the longitudinal axis of the intake valve to a juncture formed upstream of the intake valve where the peripheral edge of the intake valve meets the intake passage, whereby intake mixture is drawn from the portion of intake passage lying adjacent the intake valve into the supply chamber through the control passage means upon closure of the intake valve, and the mixture in the supply chamber is fed to the combustion chamber through the control passage means upon opening of the intake valve.
In an intake system for an internal combustion engine of a type having a combustion chamber, an intake passage and an exhaust passage opening to the combustion chamber, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve disposed in said intake and exhaust passages to open and close the respective passages, said intake valve having a longitudinal axis and a peripheral edge, the improvement comprising a supply chamber and control passage means connected at one end to the supply chamber and being open at another end to a surface of the intake passage upstream of and in the immediate vicinity of the intake valve and being substantially directed at an angle offset from the longitudinal axis of the intake valve to a juncture formed upstream of the intake valve where the peripheral edge of the intake view meets the intake passage, whereby intake mixture is drawn from the portion of intake passage lying adjacent the intake valve into the supply chamber through the control passage means upon closure of the intake valve, and the mixture in the supply chamber is fed to the combustion chamber through the control passage means upon opening of the intake valve.
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