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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2006
Armin Ludmann, Gerlingen, DE;
Ettore Nocera, Besigheim, DE;
Armin Ludmann, Gerlingen, DE;
Ettore Nocera, Besigheim, DE;
Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
An intake module () for an internal combustion engine including a plurality of intake tracts () in each of which two intake pipe openings () are formed. One of the intake pipe openings () in each intake tract has a constant cross section, and the second intake pipe opening has a flow cross section which can be varied depending on the operating mode of the engine. The two intake pipe openings in each intake tract are separated from each other by a partition () which is inserted into a housing () in which the intake tracts () are formed, and a movable component () is mounted on each of the partitions () for varying the flow cross section of the second intake pipe opening () of the respective intake tract.