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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
John Carl Lohr, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Katherine Jane Randall, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeremy Walter Church, Belleville, MI (US);
Christopher William Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Carl Lohr, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Katherine Jane Randall, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeremy Walter Church, Belleville, MI (US);
Christopher William Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An intake system of an engine is provided. The intake system including an intake manifold, a vacuum port located in said intake manifold and in an air-flow path downstream of a throttle body and upstream of a plurality of intake runners, the vacuum port including a molded flow disruptor including a cross-beam traversing an outlet of the vacuum port, the cross-beam oriented at an angle between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to an axis of a throat in the intake manifold, and a vacuum passage coupling the vacuum port to a vehicle subsystem.