US Patent 7428813 Internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas turbocharger with an exhaust gas inlet structure including two exhaust gas flow passages in communication with two exhaust ducts via a rotary cylinder valve for controlling the exhaust gas flow, the valve includes two inlet openings for directing the flow to the inlet flow passages of the turbine and a recess which when disposed over the exhaust gas flow passages permits exhaust gas to flow from one to the other of the exhaust gas ducts, the interior of the valve being in communication with a bypass line for bypassing the turbine.