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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Tsoi-Hei Ma, Ferrers, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 2/507 ; F02M 2/508 ; F02M 3/5108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 2/507 ; F02M 2/508 ; F02M 3/5108 ;
Abstract
An intake system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold having a plenum connected to ambient air by a main throttle and branches leading from the plenum to an intake port of each cylinder. A storage pipe is connected and parallel with each of the intake manifold branches. Gases from an auxiliary supply are drawn by the intake manifold vacuum into the storage pipe and thence into the engine cylinders.