Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Exhaust gas used with the combustible mixture
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-26
2010-06-08
Gimie, Mahmoud (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Exhaust gas used with the combustible mixture
C701S108000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07730878
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mixing device include an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, an exhaust feeder having a scroll mixing chamber and occupying a portion of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet port. The exhaust feeder includes an exhaust feed splitter beam disposed within an open-ended exhaust inlet tube and the scroll mixing chamber, and can be configured to split an exhaust stream into a plurality of exhaust streams before entering the scroll mixing chamber.
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Rajan Naveen
Sampath Manoj
Shieh Tenghua Tom
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Gimie Mahmoud
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
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