Finned engine spacer
OwnerTravis E. Sindeninventor
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Abstract
A finned engine spacer is coupled in thermal communication between an intake manifold and a fluid metering device. The spacer includes a body having an upstream face, an opposed downstream face, and sides extending between the upstream and downstream faces, the sides cooperating to form an outer periphery. A bore is formed through the body from the upstream face through to the downstream face, the bore for communicating a fuel charge from the fluid metering device to the intake manifold. Fins are formed in each of the sides, and the fins extend between the bore and the outer periphery, creating a finned engine spacer.
Claims24
A spacer for coupling between an intake manifold and a fluid metering device, the spacer comprising:
- a body including an upstream face, an opposed downstream face, and sides extending between the upstream and downstream faces, the sides cooperating to form an outer periphery of the body;
- a bore having a smooth sidewall formed through the body from the upstream face through to the downstream face, the bore for communicating a fuel charge from the fluid metering device to the intake manifold;
- fins formed in each of the sides, the fins extending between the bore and the outer periphery and into ambient air.
A spacer coupled in thermal communication between an intake manifold and a fluid metering device, the spacer comprising:
- a solid body to draw thermal energy from the intake manifold;
- a bore having a smooth sidewall formed through the body, the bore coupled in gaseous communication between the intake manifold and the fluid metering device to communicate a fuel charge from the fluid metering device to the intake manifold;
- a heat sink formed on the body and disposed in the ambient air so as to dissipate heat from the intake manifold into the ambient air.
A spacer limiting the transfer of thermal energy from an intake manifold to a fluid metering device, the spacer mounted between the intake manifold and fluid metering device, and comprising:
- a solid body including an upstream face, an opposed downstream face, and sides extending between the upstream and downstream faces, the sides cooperating to form an outer periphery of the body;
- a bore having a smooth sidewall formed integrally through the body from the upstream face through to the downstream face, the bore for communicating a fuel charge from the fluid metering device to the intake manifold;
- exposed fins formed in each of the sides, the fins extending between the bore and the outer periphery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.