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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Aaron Luft, Frankfort, IN (US);
Lucian Stanciu, Dayton, IN (US);
Catalin Tiru, Lafayette, IN (US);
Jeremy Byrd, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Aaron Luft, Frankfort, IN (US);
Lucian Stanciu, Dayton, IN (US);
Catalin Tiru, Lafayette, IN (US);
Jeremy Byrd, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of combustion cylinders, at least one turbocharger, an air supply line, an exhaust gas line and an exhaust gas recirculation system. An exhaust manifold of the exhaust gas line may have both non-direction specific and modular pulse exhaust manifold elements. If the internal combustion engine has dual cylinder banks, an exhaust gas balance tube may extend between exhaust gas lines of the cylinder banks and be fluidly connected to an exhaust manifold between the ends thereof.