Patent ID: 7210461
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, comprising a cylinder head; and intake manifold; a fuel distributor rail, a downstream end of the intake manifold being connected by a flange to intake channels in the cylinder head, the fuel distributor rail being located at the downstream end of the intake manifold and connected to the fuel injection valves, and the internal combustion engine being installed in the motor vehicle so that the intake manifold is located on a side of the cylinder head on which an external crash force will act during a crash; and a protective strap, which extends at least over an entire width of the flange, is attached to the cylinder head, the strap being located so that, based on a direction of the crash force, the protective strap is a certain distance in front of the fuel distributor rail and, based on a direction in which the intake manifold will be deformed upstream on the flange during a crash, the deformation direction being at an angle to the direction of the crash force, a certain distance behind the intake manifold.