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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1993
Louis G Bodnar, Westland, MI (US);
Michael A Choma, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Donald R Michie, Dearborn, MI (US);
William F Stockhausen, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An intake manifold 10 for a V-type internal combustion engine includes a first set of runners 12 feeding a first group of cylinders of the engine, a second set of runners 14 feeding a second group of cylinders of the engine, a first airbox 16 connected with and supplying air to the first set of runners, and a second airbox 18 connected with and supplying air to the second set of runners, with a communicating orifice 22 formed through a common wall which interconnects the airboxes, and further with a vacuum driven poppet valve 24 for controlling flow of air through orifice 22. The valve is preferably packaged as a cartridge and is inserted through an outer wall of one airbox.