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US 11,952,068 B2Granted
Intake system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Haramoto, Hiroki Mori, Satoshi Seo, Yasunori Iwaya
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Abstract
Intake efficiency in an intake system is improved. An intake system takes air through an air inlet duct extending from an air cleaner case, and includes a vortex generator that causes the flow of the intake air inside the air inlet duct to rotate around an axis of the air inlet duct.
Claims12
An intake system that takes air through at least one air inlet duct extending from an air cleaner case, the system comprising
- at least one vortex generator that causes a flow of intake air inside the air inlet duct to rotate around an axis of the air inlet duct,
- the air inlet duct has a distal end portion provided with an intake opening that takes the intake air into the air inlet duct,
- the vortex generator is disposed at the intake opening,
- the intake system is mounted in a saddle-ride vehicle,
- the saddle-ride vehicle includes a radiator shroud covering a radiator from a side,
- the radiator shroud includes a portion covering the intake opening, and
- the vortex generator is integrally formed with the radiator shroud.
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An intake system that takes air through at least one air inlet duct extending from an air cleaner case, the system comprising
- at least one vortex generator that causes a flow of intake air inside the air inlet duct to rotate around an axis of the air inlet duct,
- the air inlet duct has a distal end portion provided with an intake opening that takes the intake air into the air inlet duct,
- the vortex generator is disposed at the intake opening,
- the intake system is mounted in a saddle-ride vehicle,
- the air inlet duct extends outward in a vehicle width direction from the air cleaner case,
- the vortex generator includes:
- an inlet aperture communicating with the intake opening;
- and a guide extending forward from the inlet aperture,
- the inlet aperture opens toward one side of upper and lower sides, and
- the guide includes:
- a first guide wall extending in a vehicle front-rear direction at the one side relative to the inlet aperture;
- and a second guide wall connecting a rear end of the first guide wall to a rear end portion of the inlet aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.