Air intake structure of automobile air cleaner and air intake structure for automobile
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTamaki Watanabe
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Abstract
An air intake structure for an automobile includes an intake duct provided in an engine compartment that is located below an engine hood of the automobile. The intake duct includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a duct body. Air is configured to be sucked in from the engine compartment through which the inlet opening. The air is configured to be supplied to a casing of an air cleaner provided in the engine compartment. The duct body connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The duct body has a contact portion that is configured to be in contact with the casing of the air cleaner.
Claims15
An air intake structure of an automobile air cleaner for sucking in, by way of an intake duct, a fresh air into a casing of an air cleaner that is placed in an engine compartment located below an engine hood, wherein
- said intake duct includes:
- an inlet opening that sucks in a fresh air in said engine compartment;
- an outlet opening that feeds the sucked fresh air into said casing;
- and
- a duct body part that connects said inlet opening and said outlet opening to each other,
- said duct body part is placed in contact with a front face of said casing,
- said inlet opening juts forward from an upper end of said duct body part and is open upward,
- said air cleaner is fastened, with a bolt, to a screw part from above that is provided to a vehicle body, and
- said bolt is axially movably and radially movably supported in a floating manner by said casing without being fastened thereto.
An air intake structure for an automobile, comprising:
- an intake duct provided in an engine compartment that is located below an engine hood of the automobile, the intake duct comprising:
- an inlet opening through which air is configured to be sucked in from the engine compartment;
- an outlet opening through which the air is configured to be supplied to a casing of an air cleaner provided in the engine compartment;
- and
- a duct body connecting the inlet opening and the outlet opening, the duct body having a contact portion that is configured to be in contact with the casing of the air cleaner, wherein
- the air cleaner is fastened, with a bolt, to a screw part from above that is provided to a vehicle body, and
- the bolt is axially movably and radially movably supported in a floating manner by the casing without being fastened thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.