Internal combustion engine having an interference reducing exhaust manifold
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1. An internal combustion engine comprising:
- a cylinder head including four cylinders arranged in series along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder head and an exterior side-wall; and
an exhaust system including, for each cylinder, an exhaust port in fluidic communication with the cylinder and an exhaust line, each of the exhaust lines merging in stages forming an exhaust manifold, the exhaust lines associated with a first outer cylinder and a first inner cylinder fluidly converging to form a first merged exhaust line and the exhaust lines associated with a second inner cylinder and a second outer cylinder fluidly converging to form a second merged exhaust line, the first and second merged exhaust lines exit the cylinder head via two exhaust outlets and fluidly converge downstream and outside the cylinder head to form an exhaust gas collector, at least a portion of the exhaust manifold is integrated into the cylinder head and extends through the exterior side-wall, the exhaust manifold including an outer separating wall fluidly dividing the exhaust line corresponding to the first inner cylinder from the exhaust line corresponding to the first outer cylinder and an inner separating wall fluidly dividing the exhaust line associated with the first inner cylinder from the exhaust line associated with the second inner cylinder, the inner separating wall having a greater lateral width than the outer separating wall, the lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
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Abstract
An engine having a cylinder head including an exhaust manifold at least partially integrated therein, the exhaust manifold including an inner separating wall fluidly dividing two merged exhaust lines, each merged exhaust line in fluidic communication with a different pair of adjacent cylinders, and an outer separating wall fluidly dividing a first exhaust line in direct fluidic communication with a first cylinder and a second exhaust line in direct communication with a second cylinder, a lateral width of the inner separating wall greater than the outer separating wall, the lateral axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis traversing centerlines of each cylinder.
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16 Claims
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1. An internal combustion engine comprising:
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a cylinder head including four cylinders arranged in series along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder head and an exterior side-wall; and an exhaust system including, for each cylinder, an exhaust port in fluidic communication with the cylinder and an exhaust line, each of the exhaust lines merging in stages forming an exhaust manifold, the exhaust lines associated with a first outer cylinder and a first inner cylinder fluidly converging to form a first merged exhaust line and the exhaust lines associated with a second inner cylinder and a second outer cylinder fluidly converging to form a second merged exhaust line, the first and second merged exhaust lines exit the cylinder head via two exhaust outlets and fluidly converge downstream and outside the cylinder head to form an exhaust gas collector, at least a portion of the exhaust manifold is integrated into the cylinder head and extends through the exterior side-wall, the exhaust manifold including an outer separating wall fluidly dividing the exhaust line corresponding to the first inner cylinder from the exhaust line corresponding to the first outer cylinder and an inner separating wall fluidly dividing the exhaust line associated with the first inner cylinder from the exhaust line associated with the second inner cylinder, the inner separating wall having a greater lateral width than the outer separating wall, the lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An internal combustion engine comprising:
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a cylinder head including a first inner cylinder, a second inner cylinder, a first outer cylinder, a second outer cylinder, and an exterior side-wall, the cylinders arranged in series along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder head; and an exhaust manifold at least partially integrated into the cylinder head including a plurality of exhaust lines, each of the cylinders in fluidic communication with one of the exhaust lines, the exhaust lines from pairs of adjacent inner and outer cylinders fluidly combining at first stage confluences to form merged exhaust lines, the merged exhaust lines exiting the cylinder head via two exhaust outlets and fluidly combining at a second stage confluence to form an exhaust gas collector, the second stage confluence positioned outside the cylinder head. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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