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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
David Brassell, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Archie Hoebecke, III, Brighton, MI (US);
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Abstract
A composite air intake manifold assembly adapted for use with an internal combustion engine includes an upper half shell formed from a polymer and a lower half shell formed from a polymer and joined to the upper half shell to define a housing having an internal cavity. The internal cavity includes at least a pair of spaced apart generally cylindrical shaped air intake runners, each of the runners including an opened air intake end adapted to receive atmospheric air, and an opened air inlet end adapted to be connected to an associated an air inlet side of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The housing of the composite air intake manifold assembly includes at least one of an integrally molded sensor connection and an integrally molded vacuum tap. The method for producing the composite air intake manifold assembly includes the steps of: (a) providing an upper half shell formed from a polymer; (b) providing a lower half shell formed from a polymer; and (c) joining the upper half shell to the lower half shell to define a housing having an internal cavity, the housing including at least one of an integrally molded sensor connection and an integrally molded vacuum tap.