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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Guenter Bartsch, Gummersbach, DE;
Jens Dunstheimer, Cologne, DE;
Martin Lutz, Cologne, DE;
Inventors:
Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Guenter Bartsch, Gummersbach, DE;
Jens Dunstheimer, Cologne, DE;
Martin Lutz, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cylinder head has at least three cylinders each coupled to at least one exhaust port, individual exhaust ducts coupled to each of the exhaust ports, and a combined exhaust duct coupling all individual exhaust ducts. The combined exhaust duct emerges from the cylinder head at a location displaced longitudinally from a center of the cylinder head.