Plastic intake manifold assembly with hollow resonance chamber structure for internal combustion engines
AssigneeFilterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
InventorsJosef Mielke, Herbert Pietrowski
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Abstract
A plastic intake manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine, and a method for its production. The assembly is in the form of a hollow plastic structure composed of two housing pieces in which a resonance chamber cross section is formed by means of an insert in the housing interior. Mating surfaces on the housing pieces are bonded together, for example by friction welding or ultrasonic welding. The invention has the advantage that by using inserts of differing size, resonance chambers of different sizes can be produced without altering or modifying the housing pieces.
Claims14
A method for producing an plastic intake manifold assembly with a hollow resonance chamber structure, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first plastic housing piece having a first sealing surface;
- providing a second plastic housing piece having a second sealing surface;
- providing at least one plastic insert piece having a sealing surface mating with at least one of said first and second housing pieces;
- mounting the first housing piece in a first tool which supports the first housing piece in the vicinity of the first sealing surface;
- mounting the second housing piece in a second tool which support the second housing piece in the vicinity of the second sealing surface;
- inserting the at least one insert piece into one of the first and second housing pieces so as to form a resonance chamber cross section;
- aligning said first and second tools with the first and second housing pieces such that the first and second sealing surfaces matingly engage each other, and
- bonding the mating sealing surfaces to each other.
A plastic intake manifold assembly with a hollow resonance chamber structure comprising first and second plastic housing pieces with mating sealing surfaces bonded to each other to form a housing, and at least one plastic insert piece inserted in one of the first and second housing pieces, said insert piece having a sealing surface mating with said one of the first and second housing pieces to form a resonance chamber cross section interiorly of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.