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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/510 ;
Abstract
An intake device ( ) for an internal combustion engine including a main body ( ) and cover element ( ) which are securely connected to one another. Main body ( ) and cover element ( ) form intake pipes ( ) of in intake manifold. The cover element ( ) includes a plurality of individual shells ( ), which are connected to one another. Each individual shell ( ) forms a wall section of a respective intake pipe ( ) of the intake device ( ). A flexible connection element ( ) is arranged between two successively adjacent individual shells ( ) to compensate for tolerances between the cover element ( ) and the main body ( ).