IP Library Granted Patent US 7,610,758
Granted Patent B2
US 7,610,758 · App. 11/801,413 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Supercharged internal combustion engine

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Patent No.
US 7,610,758
App. No.
11/801,413
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a supercharged internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders which are arranged in at least one cylinder bank, preferably a V-type engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger including a compressor, which is arranged in an intake line of the internal combustion engine and a turbine which is arranged in an exhaust gas collection line, the exhaust gas of a plurality of cylinders of the cylinder bank is combined in an exhaust gas collection line, while at least one cylinder of a cylinder bank has a separate exhaust gas line which bypasses the exhaust gas turbocharger and joins the exhaust gas line downstream of the turbine.

Claims (2)

1. A supercharged V8 internal combustion engine ( 10 ) having two cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ) with four cylinders ( 1 - 4 , 5 - 8 ) arranged in each of its two cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ), the V8 engine having an ignition sequence of 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8 with a 90° ignition offset between cylinders so that in each cylinder bank, two cylinders ( 2 and 4 in bank 11 and 7 and 8 in bank 12 ) have the 90° ignition spacing, an intake line ( 13 , 14 ) for feeding combustion air to the two cylinder banks. ( 11 , 12 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 10 ), two exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ) for conducting exhaust gases away from the cylinders ( 1 - 8 ) of the cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ), an exhaust gas turbocharger ( 17 , 18 ) including a turbine ( 19 , 20 ) arranged in each exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ) and a compressor ( 21 , 22 ) arranged in each intake line ( 13 , 14 , one of the two cylinders with 90° ignition spacing in each bank ( 11 , 12 ) having a separate exhaust gas line ( 23 , 24 ) extending from the respective one cylinder ( 4 and 8 ) of the cylinder bank ( 11 , 12 ) and joining the exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ) downstream of the turbine ( 19 , 20 ) of the exhaust gas turbocharger ( 17 , 18 ), and the other cylinders ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) being connected to the exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ) upstream of the respective exhaust gas turbine ( 19 , 20 ), each of the exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ) comprising a first common exhaust gas manifold ( 25 ) for all the cylinders ( 1 - 3 , 5 - 7 ) which are combined in the respective exhaust gas collection line ( 15 , 16 ), and an exhaust gas turbocharger housing ( 26 ), which is integrated into the exhaust gas manifold ( 25 ), the separate exhaust gas lines ( 23 , 24 ) having second exhaust gas manifolds ( 27 ) for the cylinders ( 4 , 8 ) of the two cylinder banks ( 11 , 12 ), and a connection piece ( 28 ) for each of the exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ), each of the exhaust gas collection lines ( 15 , 16 ) having a first flange ( 29 ) downstream of the turbine ( 19 , 20 ), the second exhaust gas manifold ( 27 ) and the connection piece ( 28 ) at each bank ( 11 , 12 ) being single piece components, and the connection piece ( 28 ) having a second flange ( 30 ) for connection to the first flange ( 29 ).

2. The supercharged internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in each case the last cylinder ( 4 , 8 ) of each cylinder bank ( 11 , 12 ) has a separate exhaust gas line ( 23 , 24 ).