| 摘要 |
<p>A system 66 supplies intake air to a vehicular i.c. engine due to movement of a piston 72 in an air cylinder 70 which is effected by suspension movement of at least one wheel relative to the vehicle body. The system 66 comprises a shock absorber 88 comprising a second cylinder 90, a second piston 92 and a damping fluid 96 which is displaced out of the second cylinder 90 by the second piston 92 due to a movement of the wheel relative to the body. The second cylinder 90 is fluidically connected to the system 66 such that a translational movement of the first piston 72 in the first cylinder 70 is effected by the damping fluid 96 being displaced out of the second cylinder 90. The second cylinder 90 may be fluidically connected to the first piston 72 via a piston rod 104 having a smaller cross-section than that of the first piston 72. The air ejected by the system 66 is guided directly into the intake manifold (60, fig.4), without being stored, to increase intake manifold pressure.</p> |
