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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:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allyn P. Bock, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/00 ;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a housing with at least one combustion cylinder, and a cylinder head which is attached to the housing and covers at least one combustion cylinder. The cylinder head includes at least one inlet air channel and at least one exhaust channel. Each inlet air channel and exhaust channel is associated with at least one respective combustion cylinder. Each air inlet channel includes a single inlet opening and two inlet valve seats. The inlet valve seats are positioned in a parallel fluid flow configuration with each other within the inlet air channel.