Patent 7363900 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on April, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for vehicles, having a plurality of air ducts leading to the cylinders and an associated engine control device situated in a housing, the air ducts are combined into a single unit, on the exterior of which the engine control device housing is situated on its lower part which forms the underside, and the lower part of the engine control device housing simultaneously forms a part of the air ducts.