| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 123184610 | Manifold material or composition | 27 |
| 20090038574 | Polyphenylene Sulfide Sleeve In A Nylon Coolant Cross-Over Of An Air Intake Manifold - The subject invention provides a coolant cross-over for circulating an engine coolant between a first engine component, e.g., a first cylinder head, and a second engine component, e.g., a second cylinder head. The coolant cross-over defines a first outlet in fluid communication with the first engine component, a second outlet in fluid communication with second engine component, and further defines a passage interconnecting the first outlet and the second outlet. The coolant cross-over comprises a polymer. A sleeve comprises polyaromatic sulfide and is disposed within the passage for separating the engine coolant from the nylon which forms the coolant cross-over to prevent physical, thermal and/or chemical degradation of the polymeric coolant cross-over by the engine coolant. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090050098 | INTAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air induction duct, a housing, a valve, and a gasket. The housing is received in a receiving chamber of the intake air induction duct. The valve is received in the housing for opening and closing an intake passage defined in the housing. The gasket is mounted on one of (a) a position between the intake air induction duct and the attachment surface, and (b) a position between the housing and a wall surface of the receiving chamber. The housing opposes the attachment surface and is spaced from the attachment surface by a predetermined clearance The gasket has an elastic deformation portion that is positioned between the housing and the attachment surface. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090064960 | ONE-PART SEAL MATERIAL COMPOSITION CURABLE AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, AND INTAKE MANIFOLD USING THE SAME - A one-part seal material composition curable at ambient temperature is provided that can meet all the requirements of: adhesiveness to weight saving materials; strength which can endure use in automotive parts; viscosity appropriate for enhancing efficiency of mass production; and fuel vapor sealing properties, and an intake manifold using the same. In a one-part seal material composition curable at ambient temperature which is hardened by a atmospheric moisture, (A) a polyacrylate having the end blocked with a hydrolyzable silyl group; and (B) a plasticizer are included, in which the content of the component (B) is set to be 15 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the component (A). Furthermore, an intake manifold is produced using the composition. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090133658 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR ENGINE - Provided is an intake manifold for an engine, including: a plurality of intake distribution pipes arranged in a side-by-side relation to one another along one side wall; an intake inlet pipe provided in one end wall in a direction of arrangement of the intake distribution pipes; a surge chamber provided inside the intake manifold, and providing communication between the intake inlet pipe and the intake distribution pipes; and an intake guide wall provided integrally with the intake manifold, the intake guide wall extending in the direction of arrangement of the intake distribution pipes from an opening end of the intake inlet pipe, which is open to the surge chamber, to an intermediate portion of the surge chamber, and formed to temporarily guide the air, which has been introduced from the intake inlet pipe into the surge chamber, to a middle portion of the surge chamber. In the intake manifold, one of opposite side surfaces of the intake guide wall is formed as a smooth-and-flat surface which is continuous to an inner surface of the intake inlet pipe, and the other side surface of the intake guide wall, which is on the side of the intake distribution pipes, is provided with a plurality of thinned concave parts and a plurality of ribs remaining between the concave parts, the ribs extending in a height direction of the intake guide wall. This configuration achieves both the demands to make the intake guide wall thin and secure its rigidity, and concurrently to reduce resistance of air taken into the engine by smoothly guiding the air to the middle portion of the surge chamber. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090133659 | Resin intake apparatus - A resin molded body constituting a resin intake apparatus includes a surge tank and a plurality of branch passages each branching off from the surge tank. A communication passage is formed in a wall forming the surge tank to communicate a bottom of the surge tank with one of the branch passages. The resin molded body is formed by two split molded parts integrally welded to each other at welded portions so that the communication passage is formed between the welded portions. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090293832 | INTAKE DUCT - [Object] The object of the present invention is to provide an intake duct having waterproof function without increasing parts count. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090314243 | Internal Combustion Engine Having an Elastic Connecting Duct - An internal combustion engine of a manually operated implement, having an elastic connecting duct between the engine and an air filter for vibration-decoupled bridging of a vibration gap between engine and the air filter. The elastic connecting duct has a first conduit for fuel/air mixture and a second conduit for largely fuel-free air. The first and second conduits are separate tubes having respective bores that are separated from one another over their entire lengths, the inlet of the engine is operatively connected to the air filter via the first conduit, and an air duct window of the engine is operatively connected to the air filter via the second conduit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100059010 | Heat Insulator For An Intake Manifold Of An Air-Cooled Charge Air Cooler - A heat insulator for an intake manifold of an air-cooled charge air cooler is a rectangular box placed inside the intake manifold housing. The charge air coming into the intake manifold is passed to the inside of the box by a liner in the housing tube. One side of the box has a plurality of openings with outwardly extending walls for abutting directly with the tubes or plates of the heat exchanger section of the cooler. The box has outwardly extending protrusions for positioning the box inside the intake manifold housing, the protrusions being such that direct heat transfer between the box and the housing is minimal and the heat conduction through the housing wall is sufficient to keep the housing temperature significantly lower than the charge air temperature. The box is not air tight to allow relatively thin material to be used since there is no pressure differential between the outside and the inside of the box. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100071651 | Synthetic resin tube structure - A synthetic resin tube structure including a first synthetic-resin member which includes a flange having a plurality of bores formed therein, and a plurality of first divided pipes formed integrally with the flange; and a second synthetic-resin member which includes a plurality of second divided pipes, and a connector to connect the plurality of second divided pipes to each other. In the synthetic resin tube structure, the plurality of first and second divided pipes are subjected to vibration welding to form a plurality of pipes respectively having therein passages which communicate with the respective corresponding bores, and the vibration welding is performed while a direction, in which the plurality of first and second divided pipes are vibrated, is inclined at an angle θ with respect to a reference plane in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of each of the bores formed in the flange. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100263617 | RESIN INTAKE MANIFOLD - A resin intake manifold is provided with two separated bodies manufactured by connecting protrusions of weld portions of the separated bodies to each other in accordance with a vibration welding, and a cover wall in which one of the weld portions is arranged in an inner side or an outer side of the protrusion with leaving space with the protrusion. The protrusions of the weld portions are respectively provided with parallel protrusion portions extending in parallel to a vibrating direction of the vibration welding, and a cover wall arranged at a position in an orthogonal direction to the vibrating direction in the parallel protrusion portions is provided with an extension portion extending to the separated body in the other side welded to the separated body provided with the cover wall, in such a manner as to prevent a burr generated at a time of welding the parallel protrusion portion from getting over the cover wall arranged at the position in the orthogonal to the vibrating direction in the parallel protrusion portion. A recess groove receiving the extension portion is arranged in a side of the other side separated body. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110005488 | Engine manifold with modular runners - An intake manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine that has a modular construction and includes a base member, a runner, and a shell, wherein the base member removably attaches to the engine, and the runner and the shell each separately and independently removably attach to the base member. In another aspect, the assembly further includes a fastener for attaching the runner to the base member, wherein the shell is formed so as to retain the fastener between the shell and the base member when the shell is attached to the base member. In another aspect, the assembly further includes a bumper affixed to a surface of the base member, wherein the bumper abuts a surface of the internal combustion engine. In another aspect, the base member includes a sealing ridge that mates with a sealing groove provided on the shell. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110083630 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING FUEL FOR AN ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A FUEL FEED LINE - In order to create a device for supplying fuel, with a connecting piece for connecting at least one fuel 1ine of an engine, in particular an engine of a small piece of equipment, for example for garden, forest or landscape maintenance or for example of a motorised tool or the like, wherein an intake manifold is provided which is arranged adjacently to a fuel tank, with an improved arrangement of a connecting piece of a device for supplying fuel of an engine, it is proposed that the intake manifold has a retaining device for the retentive arrangement of the connecting piece on the intake manifold. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110107996 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN INTAKE MANIFOLD AND CORRESPONDING MANIFOLD - Process for producing an intake manifold with several pipes provided with valves and ending at the level of a common plate that defines a contact surface with the cylinder end block. This process includes:
| 05-12-2011 |
| 20110155086 | Air-Intake Duct and Air-Intake Structure - An air-intake duct, which is disposed between an air outlet of an air cleaner box constituting an air cleaner and an air inlet of a throttle body constituting a throttle device, is configured to guide air cleaned by the air cleaner to the throttle device. The air-intake duct includes a tubular coupling member including an upstream coupling portion coupled in an air tight manner to the air outlet of the air cleaner box and a downstream coupling portion air-tightly coupled to the air inlet of the throttle body, the coupling member being entirely formed of an elastic rubber material. The air-intake duct also includes an air guide member including a first air inlet configured to take in air therethrough from inside the air cleaner box, a first air outlet configured to discharge the air therethrough toward the throttle body, and a fitting portion fitted to the coupling member. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110168121 | FIXING STRUCTURES FOR INTAKE MANIFOLDS - A mounting device can mount an intake manifold to an engine and includes a bending moment applying device applying a bending moment to the intake manifold as the intake manifold is mounted to the engine. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110174258 | FLEXIBLE INTAKE SYSTEM FOR A TWO-STROKE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH ADDITIONAL AIR SUPPLY, COMPRISING A BAFFLE TO SECURE DUCTS TO THE CYLINDER WALL - This invention relates to a flexible intake system for a crankcase scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110259293 | Intake Manifold - An intake manifold assembly has one or more shells coupled together and coupled to a cover. When the manifold cover, or other exterior surface, is rounded, the manifold does not sit stably on a flat surface when the rounded is placed onto the flat surface. The manifold may roll off a table and be damaged. To mitigate such situation, the rounded surface is provided with at least two standoffs extending outwardly from a surface of the cover with distal ends of the standoffs substantially lying in a common plane. The standoffs have a central axis and the standoffs extend outwardly from the surface along the central axis at least as far as any other feature of the intake manifold assembly. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110290209 | STABILIZED POLYAMIDES - Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising
| 12-01-2011 |
| 20120017864 | Intake Manifold Metal Posts - An intake manifold is disclosed which has an upper shell portion having a first peripheral flange, a lower shell portion having a second peripheral flange, and at least one metallic post having a first plate and a second plate. The first and second peripheral flanges are friction welded and the first plate of the posts is friction welded to the upper shell portion and the second plate of the posts is friction welded to the lower shell portion. The upper and lower shells are made of a polymeric, or plastic, material. The metallic post is comprised substantially of aluminum or other suitable metals or alloys. The upper and lower shell portions define a cavity and a section of the post between the first and second plates traverses through the cavity. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120298064 | FLANGE DEVICE AND INTAKE SYSTEM - A flange device for an air induction device of an internal combustion engine may include a housing of plastic having at least one inlet channel for each cylinder of the internal combustion engine. A fuel distribution rail of metal may have a connection for each cylinder for connecting a fuel injector, wherein the housing may have a flange that surrounds the outlet openings of the inlet channels and be configured to fasten the housing on the internal combustion engine. The housing may have a plurality of bridge sections that overlap the fuel distribution rail on a side facing away from the flange. Each bridge section may have a support sleeve arranged distally to the inlet channels and be configured to fasten the respective bridge section on the internal combustion engine. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130319363 | JOINT CLIP FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY - An intake manifold assembly includes a first manifold body portion having a first flange, and a second manifold body portion having a second flange. A joint clip defines a channel, with the first flange and the second flange disposed within the channel. The joint clip, the first flange and the second flange are configured so that the joint clip may be freely positioned over the first flange and the second flange in an initial installation position, after which the joint clip is moved under an axial force along a longitudinal axis parallel with the first flange and the second flange into a locking position, in which the first flange and the second flange engage the joint clip in compressive interlocking engagement to secure the first manifold body portion and the second manifold body portion together. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140109858 | Distributor Incorporating a Heat Exchanger and its Manufacturing Process - A distributor incorporates a heat exchanger mounted in the interior space of the distributor while being made integral with the wall of the body of the distributor by at least one side flange. The distributor is characterized in that its two constituent parts ( | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140261279 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, comprises an upstream unit of molded resin, the upstream unit including an elongate collector portion that has an inlet opening for introducing cleaned air, and a manifold portion that includes a plurality of curved tubes that are fixed to one another, each curbed tube having an inlet opening exposed to an interior of the elongate collector portion; a downstream unit of molded resin, the downstream unit including a base portion that is to be connected to a cylinder head of the engine and a plurality of apertured collar portions that are projected from the base portion; and a plurality of sealing members through which leading ends of the curved tubes are hermetically inserted into the apertured collar portions thereby to constitute an entire construction of the intake manifold, wherein the molded resin of the downstream unit has a heat resistance that is higher than that of the upstream unit. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140338629 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTAKE MANIFOLD AND INTAKE MANIFOLD - A method for manufacturing an intake manifold is provided that is capable of suppressing deterioration in the dimensional accuracy by correcting warping and deformation caused during molding. When an intake manifold that is made of plastic and has a surge tank and intake pipes extending from the surge tank is manufactured, distal members, which form the distal ends of the intake pipes, are positioned on a jig. In this state, the distal members and the main bodies of the intake pipes are fixed to each other by vibration-welding. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150369183 | INDUCTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A PASSIVE-ADSORPTION HYDROCARBON TRAP - An induction system in an engine is provided. The air induction system includes an induction conduit including an air flow passage in fluidic communication at least one combustion chamber in the engine and a passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap positioned within the induction conduit, a portion of the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap defining a boundary of the air flow passage, the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap including a breathable layer coupled to a substrate layer coupled to the induction conduit, a hydrocarbon adsorption layer interposing the breathable layer and the substrate layer. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160108868 | INTAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An intake device for a vehicle, in which an intake passage wall surface defining an intake passage is charged with positive charges, includes: a self-discharge static eliminator that is provided on the intake passage wall surface and that decreases an electrification charge amount on that part of the intake passage wall surface which is within a limited range around a mounting part of the self-discharge static eliminator, by providing the self-discharge static eliminator on the intake passage wall surface. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160153409 | INTAKE APPARATUS FOR ENGINE | 06-02-2016 |
