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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2007
Shuji Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Motonobu Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Shuji Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Motonobu Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An intake system of an internal combustion engine includes an engine head, a resin made intake manifold mounted at the engine head and having intake passages, the resin made intake manifold forming a receiving portion on an inner wall of each intake passage at a downstream side, and a control unit disposed at the receiving portion and including a resin made cartridge, an opening and closing valve disposed at the cartridge, and a shaft rotating the valve, wherein a clearance is provided between an inner circumferential surface of the receiving portion and an outer circumferential surface of the cartridge to allow deformation of the resin made intake manifold, and the cartridge is provided with a flange held between the engine head and the resin made intake manifold.