Patent ID: 8020539

Claim:
Distribution device for gases flowing into an air supply system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine comprises: a cylinder head for each cylinder, forming a cover over it, at least first and second intake valve for inflowing gases, a least one exhaust valve for exhaust gases, which are mounted in the cylinder head, wherein the exhaust valves are connected via exhaust valve passages to an exhaust line connected to the outside along a flow path of exhaust gases exhausted to the outside, an exhaust collector placed downstream of the exhaust valve passages and upstream of the exhaust line along the path of the exhaust gases exhausted to the outside, wherein the exhaust collector intersects the exhaust valve passages along the path of the exhaust gases exhausted to the outside, wherein the air supply system comprises: a recirculated exhaust gas intake conduit that branches from the exhaust collector, a fresh air intake conduit connected to fresh air, wherein the distribution device comprises: a first manifold connecting the fresh air intake conduit to the cylinders by the first intake valves, and a second manifold connecting the recirculated exhaust gas intake conduit to the cylinders by the second intake valves, so that the fresh air intake conduit and the recirculated exhaust gas intake conduit are connected to the single cylinder or to each of the cylinders independently of one another, each through its own designated intake valve.