Patent ID: 6234132
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: F02B,F02M,F05C,Y02T

Abstract:
An air intake system for supplying intake air to an internal combustion engine having two rows of cylinders arranged in a V-shape, said air intake system comprising at least one air intake tube for each cylinder of said engine, wherein said air intake tubes are made of thermoplastic synthetic resin material, said air intake tubes being assembled from a first element which forms a lower half shell of each tube and a second element which forms an upper half shell of each tube, said first and second elements being joined to each other by plastic welding, wherein said first element also forms a substantially closed air collection chamber which communicates with the intake tubes so that air can be supplied from said collection chamber through the intake tubes to respective cylinders of the engine, and wherein said air intake system comprises a pair of connecting flanges arranged substantially symmetrically on opposite sides of the air intake system for attachment to respective rows of cylinders of the internal combustion engine to connect the air intake tubes to the respective cylinders of the engine.