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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1987
Mitsuo Hitomi, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasuhiro Yuzuriha, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsumi Okazaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Junso Sasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An intake system with a simple and compact structure for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders each cylinder having an intake port, the opening timing of the intake ports being determined so that that of each cylinder overlaps with that of another in which the intake stroke takes place subsequently to that in the former, the intake system comprising intake passges each being connected to the intake port of one of the cylinders, a juction portion connected to the respective intake passages, a resonance intake passage connected to the junction portion at one end thereof, in which the intake pressure resonance effect is to be produced and control valves provided in the respective intake passages, the opening timing of the respective control valves being determined so as to be retarded relative to that of said respective intake ports under at least a low speed and heavy load engine operating condition.