Patent ID: 7610758
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: F01N,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A supercharged V8 internal combustion engine ( 10 ) having two cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ) with four cylinders ( 1 - 4 , 5 - 8 ) arranged in each of its two cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ), the V8 engine having an ignition sequence of 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8 with a 90° ignition offset between cylinders so that in each cylinder bank, two cylinders ( 2 and 4 in bank 11 and 7 and 8 in bank 12 ) have the 90° ignition spacing, an intake line ( 13 , 14 ) for feeding combustion air to the two cylinder banks. ( 11 , 12 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 10 ), two exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ) for conducting exhaust gases away from the cylinders ( 1 - 8 ) of the cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ), an exhaust gas turbocharger ( 17 , 18 ) including a turbine ( 19 , 20 ) arranged in each exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ) and a compressor ( 21 , 22 ) arranged in each intake line ( 13 , 14 , one of the two cylinders with 90° ignition spacing in each bank ( 11 , 12 ) having a separate exhaust gas line ( 23 , 24 ) extending from the respective one cylinder ( 4 and 8 ) of the cylinder bank ( 11 , 12 ) and joining the exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ) downstream of the turbine ( 19 , 20 ) of the exhaust gas turbocharger ( 17 , 18 ), and the other cylinders ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) being connected to the exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ) upstream of the respective exhaust gas turbine ( 19 , 20 ), each of the exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ) comprising a first common exhaust gas manifold ( 25 ) for all the cylinders ( 1 - 3 , 5 - 7 ) which are combined in the respective exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ), and an exhaust gas turbocharger housing ( 26 ), which is integrated into the exhaust gas manifold ( 25 ), the separate exhaust gas lines ( 23 , 24 ) having second exhaust gas manifolds ( 27 ) for the cylinders ( 4 , 8 ) of the two cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ), and a connection piece ( 28 ) for each of the exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ), each of the exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ) having a first flange ( 29 ) downstream of the turbine ( 19 , 20 ), the second exhaust gas manifold ( 27 ) and the connection piece ( 28 ) at each bank ( 11 , 12 ) being single piece components, and the connection piece ( 28 ) having a second flange ( 30 ) for connection to the first flange ( 29 ).