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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Ken Yoshida, Hiroshima, JP;
Masahiko Tanisho, Hiroshima, JP;
Nozomu Hachiya, Aki-gun, JP;
Kouichi Shimizu, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Manabu Sugimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An intake passage includes: a main intake passage provided with a throttle valve and extending from one side toward the other side along a cylinder bank; and a bypass passage provided with an EGR valve and connected to a part of the main intake passage located toward the other side with respect to the throttle valve. The bypass passage extends from a branch of the main intake passage toward the one side and then turns back and extends toward the other side. The EGR valve is located in a part of the bypass passage extending toward the other side and overlapping with a part extending from the branch to the one side.