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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ; F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12318455 ;
Abstract
An intake assembly for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine which has at least first and second intake ducts of different lengths for each cylinder which proceed from an intake distributor and converge shortly before an intake valve. The shorter second intake duct is provided with a shut-off device formed by a control shaft which extends along the whole length of the laterally adjacent second individual intake ducts and at least one end of which is mounted in a radially freely movable manner.