Intake Module for an Internal Combustion Engine

[0015]In one advantageous embodiment of the invention, a first connecting flange surface of the air duct element, via which the air duct element is to be connected to the cylinder head, and a second connecting flange surface of the cylinder head cover, via which the cylinder head cover is to be connected to the cylinder head, are situated at least essentially in a shared plane. In this way, the intake module according to the invention may be installed in a particularly simple manner, and produced in a time-saving and thus cost-effective manner. Correspondingly, a third connecting flange surface corresponding to the first connecting flange surface as well as a fourth connecting flange surface of the cylinder head corresponding to the second connecting flange surface are likewise at least essentially situated in a shared plane. The intake module may thus be installed on the cylinder head without complicated adapter elements. Particularly simple installation of the intake module according to the invention is provided in such a cylinder head in which the third connecting flange surface is integrated into the fourth connecting flange surface (or vice versa).

[0016]In another advantageous embodiment, the air duct element includes an air distributor by means of which the air may be distributed over a plurality of combustion chambers, in particular cylinders, of the internal combustion engine. The air distributor has a collection chamber, for example, in which, for example, the air which is compressed and to be supplied to the internal combustion engine is initially collected. A plurality of air channels corresponding to the combustion chambers and into which, for example, the compressed air from the collection chamber may flow, and from which the air may flow into the combustion chambers, branches off from the collection chamber. This provides a particularly high level of functional integration of the intake module.

[0017]It has also

This large number of components requires a complicated assembly, resulting in time-consuming and costly assembly of the overall internal combustion engine.

It is thus apparent that additional time-consuming and costly installation steps for separately installing the lubricant separation device, the cylinder head cover, a