Patent ID: 8161950

Claim:
An exhaust gas recirculating (EGR) device for an internal combustion engine, the EGR device comprising: an EGR passage member interposed between a main body of an internal combustion engine and an intake pipe, and defining an intake passage for conducting an engine intake from the intake pipe to an intake port of a cylinder head of the engine, an EGR passage for conducting exhaust gas of the engine into the intake passage and an EGR gas introduction port for introducing the exhaust gas from the EGR passage into the intake passage; wherein the EGR gas introduction port includes an inlet end and an outlet end, and has a cross sectional area progressively increasing from the inlet end to the outlet end, the outlet end opening out at an upper part of the intake passage, wherein the passage member is additionally formed with blow-by gas passage for conducting blow-by gas of the engine to an intake port of the engine, and an inlet of the blow-by gas passage is provided on a side of the passage member remote from the engine while an outlet of the blow-by passage is provided in a part of the intake passage adjacent to the engine.