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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Daniel Drecq, 78610 Saint Leger en Yvelines, FR;
Other;
Abstract
The invention concerns an internal combustion engine devoid of mechanical turbo boost means comprising n cylinders (C,, . . . , C,) each provided with a piston with reciprocating translation movement, each cylinder being equipped with q exhaust valves and r induction valves, q and r being whole numbers not less than 1, each cylinder being, in an operating cycle, filled with air and fuel, a subsequent combustion with expansion supplying the energy delivered by the engine and an exhaust for evacuating burnt gases, the exhaust valves of n cylinders being connected to p exhaust manifold branches such that, on the same manifold branch, n′ cylinders are coupled with n′<n and p<n, each exhaust manifold branch (D) being connected to the exhaust gas outlet by a closure member (B) and connected to the atmosphere by at least one breather vent valve (SS) and each cylinder comprising, over part of its operating cycle, three successive phases &phgr;1, &phgr;2, &phgr;3, the n′ groups of three phases of the whole set of n cylinders connected to common manifold branch covering the engine entire operating cycle.