The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Stefano Fornara, Modena, IT;
Giampaolo Schiavina, Bologna, IT;
Stefano Fornara, Modena, IT;
Giampaolo Schiavina, Bologna, IT;
Magneti Marelli S.p.A., , IT;
Abstract
An intake manifold with a swirl system for an internal combustion engine provided with a number of cylinders; the intake manifold has, for each cylinder, an intake pipe, which is adapted to connect the intake manifold to the cylinder and has, in turn, two reciprocally parallel channels; the swirl system is provided with: for each intake pipe, a choking valve, which is arranged inside a channel of the intake pipe and is adapted to vary the air introduction section through the channel; and a single actuator device, which simultaneously and synchronically displaces all the choking valves and is provided with a motor and a mechanical transmission system which transmits the motion from the motor to all the choking valves.