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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Christopher C Wright, Howell, MI (US);
Robert J. Moran, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Iain J. Read, Wixom, MI (US);
Christopher C Wright, Howell, MI (US);
Robert J. Moran, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Iain J. Read, Wixom, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An intake assembly is provided for a sequentially fired eight cylinder V-type internal combustion engine including a cylinder block having a first band of cylinders and a second bank of cylinders. The assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth intake plenums mounted with respect to the engine. The first bank of cylinders includes a first group of two cylinders that fire ninety crank angle degrees apart from each other and the second bank of cylinders includes a second group of two cylinders that fire ninety crank angle degrees apart from each other. The first and second intake plenums are operable to communicate intake air to a respective one cylinder of the first group of two cylinders. The third and fourth intake plenums are operable to communicate intake air to a respective one cylinder of the second group of two cylinders.