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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Kevin Vichinsky, Portage, MI (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Vichinsky, Portage, MI (US);
Assignee:
Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for making a lower intake manifold of an internal combustion engine includes the steps of (1) forming a main part from a plastic material by injection molding, (2) forming a runner insert for each engine cylinder from a plastic material by injection molding, and (3) individually attaching each runner insert to the main part to ensure the distance between two adjacent runner inserts is within a predetermined limit.