An air intake system includes a plurality of intake runners configured to supply intake air to the engine, and an independent resonator system operably associated with the plurality of intake runners and including a plurality of individual resonator assemblies. Each individual resonator assembly is fluidly coupled to one intake runner of the plurality of intake runners. The plurality of individual resonator assemblies is configured to interact with at least one of sound and pressure waves generated in the engine to reduce engine noise and/or increase engine torque.

A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, and a method for operating a motor vehicle. The hybrid drive system includes an amplidyne-type generator and a counterpoise engine to provide the power required for charging the storage batteries and providing supplemental drive energy (acceleration) to the motor vehicle.

An intake manifold made of resin includes a surge tank, a plurality of branch pipes branching off from the surge tank, an EGR gas distribution part for distributing EGR gas to each of the branch pipes, and an EGR cooler for cooling EGR gas introduced into the EGR gas distribution part. The EGR cooler and the EGR gas distribution part are made of resin and provided adjacently and integrally. The EGR cooler includes a gas passage through which EGR gas flows and a water passage through which engine cooling water flows to cool the gas passage to allow the EGR gas to pass through the EGR cooler and then flow in the EGR gas distribution part.

An outboard marine engine comprises a crankcase; a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase and being rotatable about a crankshaft axis; a crankcase cover on the crankcase, the crankcase cover enclosing the crankshaft in the crankcase; and an air intake plenum that is integrally formed with the crankcase cover. The air intake plenum conveys intake air for combustion in the outboard marine engine.

Disclosed is an intake manifold for a vehicle with a unified flow path. The intake manifold has a plurality of branch pipes connected to intake ports of cylinders of an automotive engine, and a surge tank unit connected to the branch pipes and having an external air inlet formed at a side to receive external air, in which the surge tank unit has a unified gas inlet formed at the external air inlet so that blow-by gas an fuel evaporation gas both flows inside. Accordingly, flow resistance when external air flows inside is reduced and freezing at the blow-by gas inlet is prevented in winter. Therefore, the amount of air mixture to be supplied into the cylinders is increased, whereby the volume efficiency of the cylinders is improved and engine torque is increased.

An intake manifold includes: a surge tank extending in a cylinder arrangement direction; an air introduction port provided in one end, in a longitudinal direction of the surge tank, of the surge tank extending in the cylinder arrangement direction and configured to introduce air into the surge tank; and a gas introduction passage opened inside the surge tank on an intake-air downstream side of the air introduction port, the gas introduction passage being configured to introduce blowby gas of an internal combustion engine into the surge tank. The gas introduction passage extends in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the surge tank.

An intake manifold includes a surge tank, and an intake passage part. An inner surface of the intake passage part includes: an inner peripheral region which is located inner side of the intake passage part in a curvature radius direction; an outer peripheral region which is located outer side of the intake passage part in a curvature radius direction; a first lateral region; and a second lateral region. The outer peripheral region includes a first inclined region, a second inclined region, and a bottom region. When seen in the section orthogonal to a center axis of the intake passage part, the first and second inclined region are curved so as to be convex outward from the intake passage part at a curvature radius. The bottom region has a shape convex outward from the intake passage part in the direction of the curvature radius.

An engine includes an engine body assembly and an air intake system including an air plenum. The air plenum is positioned above the engine body assembly. The engine includes an air plenum support bracket having an upper arm coupled to the air plenum and a lower arm coupled to the engine body assembly. The engine also includes a vibration isolator coupled to the air plenum support bracket and interposed between the air plenum and the engine body assembly, thereby inhibiting engine vibrations from transferring to the air plenum.

Methods and systems are provided for regulating airflow through a charge air cooler integrated in an intake assembly. In one example, an engine intake assembly comprises a plenum having an integrated charge air cooler (CAC), a first header seal positioned around a circumference of a first CAC header, and a first rotatably movable seal positioned in a bypass passage of the plenum. The first movable seal interfaces via sliding contact with the first header seal and adjusting a position of the first movable seal may vary the amount of airflow through the bypass passage.

An intake manifold includes a surge tank, and an intake passage part. An inner surface of the intake passage part includes: an inner peripheral region which is located inner side of the intake passage part in a curvature radius direction; an outer peripheral region which is located outer side of the intake passage part in a curvature radius direction; a first lateral region; and a second lateral region. The outer peripheral region includes a first inclined region, a second inclined region, and a bottom region. When seen in the section orthogonal to a center axis of the intake passage part, the first and second inclined region are curved so as to be convex outward from the intake passage part at a curvature radius. The bottom region has a shape convex outward from the intake passage part in the direction of the curvature radius.