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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Francis V. Rolland, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Thomas E. Rossman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Allen G. Crowley, Rubicon Township, MI (US);
Raffik Said, Rochester, MI (US);
Francis V. Rolland, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Thomas E. Rossman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Allen G. Crowley, Rubicon Township, MI (US);
Raffik Said, Rochester, MI (US);
Mark IV Systemes Moteurs USA, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus includes a motor-vehicle, internal-combustion-engine air intake manifold having an intake-manifold first shell attachable or monolithically joined to an intake-manifold second shell to surround an internal manifold volume. The first shell has a wall with at least a portion having undulating concave and convex regions as defined exterior to the internal manifold volume of the attached or monolithically-joined first shell and second shell.