Patent ID: 8555638

Claim:
An internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion cylinders, comprising: a first cylinder bank; a second cylinder bank having a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group; a first exhaust gas line fluidly connected to the first cylinder bank, the first exhaust gas line including a first exhaust manifold; a second exhaust gas line including a second exhaust manifold, the second exhaust manifold having a first section and a second section, the first section being fluidly connected to the first cylinder group of the second cylinder bank and the second section being fluidly connected to the second cylinder group of the second cylinder bank; a first turbocharger fluidly connected to the first exhaust gas line; a second turbocharger fluidly connected to the second exhaust gas line; an air supply line for supplying air to the first cylinder bank and the second cylinder bank; an exhaust gas recirculation system for recirculating exhaust gas from the first exhaust gas line to the air supply line; and an exhaust gas balance tube fluidly connecting the first exhaust gas line and the second exhaust manifold, the exhaust gas balance tube being fluidly connected to the second exhaust manifold between the first section of the second exhaust manifold and the second section of the second exhaust manifold.