Internal-combustion engines – Multiple cylinder
Patent
1990-06-04
1991-10-15
Okonsky, David A.
Internal-combustion engines
Multiple cylinder
123 55V, F02M 3510
Patent
active
050564722
ABSTRACT:
A four cycle, 12-cylinder engine includes four cylinder groups each having three cylinders located adjacent to each other. The cylinders in each cylinder group have intake strokes which are apart one from another by 240.degree. in terms of angle of rotation of the engine crankshaft. The cylinders in each cylinder group are connected through respective branch intake passages with a common intake passage. Means is provided for separating the common intake passage of one cylinder group from the common intake passage of another cylinder group.
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Kurokawa Toshikazu
Suemori Tadao
Sumimoto Hiroshi
Tokushima Takashiga
Mazda Motor Corporation
Okonsky David A.
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