US 12,281,628 B2
Intake assembly
Frank Zhu, Uttoxeter (GB); Kevin Browne, Uttoxeter (GB); and John Griffin, Uttoxeter (GB)
Assigned to JCB Research, Uttoxeter (GB)
Filed by JCB Research, Uttoxeter (GB)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,838.
Claims priority of application No. 2209322 (GB), filed on Jun. 24, 2022; and application No. 2209323 (GB), filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417207 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F02M 69/04 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02M 35/112 (2006.01); F02M 55/00 (2006.01); F02M 55/02 (2006.01); F02M 61/14 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 35/112 (2013.01) [F02M 35/10216 (2013.01); F02M 55/005 (2013.01); F02M 55/025 (2013.01); F02M 61/145 (2013.01); F02M 2200/857 (2013.01); F02M 2200/858 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intake assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
an intake manifold including a first plenum and a plurality of intake runners, the first plenum comprising an air supply inlet, the intake runners configured to be couplable to a cylinder head of the engine for supplying an air-fuel mixture thereto, the intake manifold configured such that, in use, air is supplied from the air supply inlet to the intake runners via the first plenum;
a plurality of fuel injectors, each arranged to inject a fuel into one of the intake runners; and
a fuel rail coupled to the plurality of fuel injectors, the fuel rail including a fuel supply inlet and configured to supply fuel from the fuel supply inlet to the plurality of fuel injectors, in use,
wherein the fuel rail is mountable to the first plenum, and
wherein the intake manifold comprises a second plenum in fluid communication with the first plenum and the intake runners, the intake runners extending from the second plenum, wherein the first plenum is arranged above the second plenum.