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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1987
Richard J Freismuth, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
James H Jones, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Dale M Mayol, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An essentially unitary all plastic intake manifold has two essentially L-shaped sections facing one another to form a U-shaped assembly, the upper section including an air throttle body integral with an air plenum in turn integral with a plurality of laterally spaced tuned manifold runners, the lower section having an equal number of laterally spaced manifold runners connected to engine cylinder head intake ports, and a fuel system formed integral with the lower runners and including a fuel pressure regulator and fuel supply and return lines serially connecting fuel injector receiving cups providing a bottom feed of fuel to the injectors and a constant purge of fuel from the cups, for efficient engine operation.