Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Ralf Punjer

Thomas Hulsberg

Henning Blocker

Pierre Bonny

A fan-type manifold for multi-cylinder internal-combustion engines has several first individual pipe sections which are connected in pairs to respective ones of second pipe sections. The first individual pipe sections are undeformed on the end and are cut off at a specific angle. The second pipe sections are produced by an internal high pressure deforming process. The first pipe sections are plugged into the second pipe sections at respective Y-type combining points to form Y-shaped connections and are sealingly welded to each other via surrounding fillet welds. One of the second pipe sections has an additional Y-type combining point for the lateral connection of the other second pipe sections, which are sealingly welded thereto via surrounding fillet welds.

Fan-type exhaust gas manifold for multi-cylinder internal-combustion

An exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine with at least two cylinders includes at least two adjacent connection branches which are interconnected by collection pipe sections having an expansion compensating bellows for accommodating differential thermal expansion therebetween and a gas flow guide pipe structure which extends into the bellows. At least one of the collection pipe sections comprises a multi-layered pipe wall with which the expansion compensating bellows is integrally formed.

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Hamburg, Germany

Ralf Punjer