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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Milind B. Kulkarni, Canton, MI (US);
Christopher William Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Milind B. Kulkarni, Canton, MI (US);
Christopher William Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure may provide an intake manifold that may include a plastic shell defining an intake passage in fluidic communication with a runner configured to pass inlet air to a combustion chamber. The runner may have a substantially flat inner surface. The intake manifold may also include one or more ribs disposed along the inner surface. The one or more ribs may have a length extending along a portion of the inner surface in a direction substantially corresponding to a flow direction in order to reduce NVH while maintaining reducing overall volume of the manifold.