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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Holger Paffrath, Pulheim, DE;
Assignee:
Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/00 ;
Abstract
An air intake device for an internal combustion engine with at least two intake pipes, wherein each intake pipe can be closed by at least one throttle valve and wherein the throttle valves are connected to one another. The throttle valves are soft in at least one area in such a way that unevenness in the distribution of the supplied air is reduced.