# US 11,299,034 B2 · Intake device structure of saddle riding vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,299,034 B2 - Document ID: US11299034B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/704,746 - Filed: 2019-12-05 - Published: 2020-07-30 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-30 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yusaburo Tani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299034B2 ## CPC - B60K 13/02: concerning intake - B60K 11/08: Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor - B60K 13/04: concerning exhaust - B62J 1/00: Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts - B62J 40/00: Arrangements of air cleaners specially adapted for cycles - B62K 11/04: characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels - F01N 1/02: by using resonance - F02M 35/10144: {Connections of intake ducts to each other or to another device} - B62K 11/12: Steering wheel forks characterised by the association therewith of engine - B62K 11/14: Handlebar constructions, or arrangements of controls thereon, specially adapted thereto (hand controls per se B62K23/02) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS - B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE - F01N: GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in vehicles B60K13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M35/00; protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K11/16) - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF ## Abstract The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe; a main frame that extends rearward from the head pipe; a seat rail that extends rearward from the main frame; sub-frames that connect the main frame and the seat rail to each other; a seat that is supported on the seat rail; and an intake device. The intake device includes an element that is inclined rearward as the element extends upward, and the element is also mounted underneath the seat rail in side view such that the element is located along the sub-frames. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An intake device structure of a saddle riding vehicle, comprising: a head pipe; a main frame that extends rearward from the head pipe; a seat rail that extends rearward from the main frame; sub-frames that connect the main frame and the seat rail to each other; a seat that is supported on the seat rail; and an intake device, wherein the intake device includes an element that is inclined rearward as the element extends upward, and the element is also mounted underneath the seat rail in side view such that the element is located along the sub-frames, the sub-frames are mounted as a pair in a vehicle width direction, in side view, one sub-frame of the sub-frames is offset from the other sub-frame in at least one of a rearward direction and a downward direction, the other sub-frame is mounted in a position where the other sub-frame covers a side of the element, and the element is demountable from above the one sub-frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the element blocks, from below, a communication port that allows a dirty side and a clean side to communicate with each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the element is demountable from a side of the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the intake device includes a protective member that protects the element, and the protective member is placed in a clean side and fastened from a dirty side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: a positioning portion that is placed on the other side in the vehicle width direction, and that is engaged with the element to position the element; and a guide that guides mounting of the element in order for the element to be engaged with the positioning portion, wherein the element is mountable from one side in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the intake device is mounted with a funnel that is mounted in a replaceable manner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the other sub-frame is placed to allow a muffler to be situated underneath the other sub-frame.