Patent ID: 6895926

Claim:
Intake manifold ( 1 ) comprising a manifold chamber ( 20 ), a plurality of intake pipes ( 2 ) in the form of duct portions connecting the manifold chamber ( 20 ) with the heads and a device for regulating flow in said intake pipes comprising at least a control shaft ( 4 ) and valves ( 3 ) supported by said control shaft ( 4 ), said flow regulation device being integrated into the structure of manifold ( 1 ) and being rotatably mounted into bearings ( 6 ), said manifold ( 1 ) consisting of at least two complementary parts ( 1 ″, 1 ′″) joined one to the other, wherein the two parts ( 1 ″, 1 ′″) form complementary portions of delimiting said manifold chamber ( 20 ), the bearings ( 6 ) being formed integrally with at least one of said parts ( 1 ″, 1 ′″) delimiting said manifold chamber ( 20 ) in an assembly area of said parts ( 2 ′, 2 ″ or 1 ″, 1 ′″) outside said intake pipes ( 2 ).