Patent ID: 8671919
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An intake device of an engine, comprising: an intake manifold of the engine having plural cylinders arranged in a line, the intake manifold being provided at an outer face of an intake side of the engine which is one side in an engine width direction, the intake manifold including a downstream branch pipe portion connecting to the respective cylinders, a chamber portion positioned below the downstream branch pipe portion and connecting to the downstream branch pipe portion, and an upstream intake pipe portion connecting to an engine-outer-face-side portion of the chamber portion and extending in an engine longitudinal direction which corresponds to an arrangement direction of the plural cylinders, the chamber portion having a rectangular opening portion having a vertically-long shape which is formed at an opposite side thereof to the upstream intake pipe portion; and a water-cooling type of intercooler including an intercooler body portion, the intercooler body portion having a rectangular-parallelepiped shape and a pair of faces which has the widest face-area and faces to each other in the engine width direction, wherein said intercooler body portion of the intercooler is installed in said chamber portion of the intake manifold, by being inserted through said opening portion of the chamber portion, so as to divide an inside of the chamber portion into two parts in the engine width direction thereby.