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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1981
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a V-type multi-cylinder internal combustion engine mounted on the middle portion of a vehicle body having front and rear wheels. The internal combustion engine has a supercharger comprising an exhaust turbine provided in an exhaust passage of the engine and a compressor provided in an intake passage of the engine and arranged to be driven by the turbine. In the present invention, an expansion chamber is interposed in the intake passage so as to be positioned between an outlet opening of the compressor and respective intake pipes extending from respective intake ports of the cylinders of the engine. The expansion chamber is placed in a space defined by a V bank of the engine.