Caterpillar Inc.

Matthew Wolk

Thomas L Atwell

Vikas Bhupendra Sheth

Jeremy Ross Conyers

A turbine connector () in an engine exhaust manifold () includes a turbine foot () attached to incoming exhaust conduits (). The turbine foot () has an outer perimetric edge () defining a trapezoidal shape, and inner perimetric edges () forming exhaust outlets () from the incoming exhaust conduits (). The inner perimetric edges () have varied perimetric curvatures largest in finite curvature size upon a web () extending between the exhaust outlets (), and together forming an hourglass web profile in a turbine-mounting plane defined by the turbine foot ().

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Peoria, Israel

Matthew Wolk