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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric R Sattler, Southgate, MI (US);
Damiano LaRosa, Taylor, MI (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12318442 ; 12318461 ;
Abstract
An air intake manifold for use with an internal combustion engine is provided with a labyrinth configuration in order to reduce the amount of space consumed by the manifold. The manifold is preferably made from a plastic material for reducing the weight of the manifold and for providing an inexpensive and relatively simple molding process.