Patent ID: 6250079
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
Turbo-charged internal combustion engine with at least four cylinders (1-4) and an exhaust manifold having an exhaust conduit (5-8) from each cylinder, the exhaust conduits being combined into two groups, each of said groups opening into an individual inlet to one of two separate channels (9,10), each of said channels opening into a turbine housing (11), characterized in that the channels (9,10) are provided with a valve arrangement (20), comprising a valve element (26), which can be set in a first position, in which the exhaust flows from the two conduit groups are each led separately into the interior of its turbine housing, and a second position, in which the exhaust flows from the two conduit groups are permitted to mix with each other prior to entry into the interior of the turbine housing.