Off-road vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorKengo Shimatani
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Abstract
An off-road vehicle includes an intake duct and an air cleaner. The intake duct defines a clean conduit. The air cleaner is connected to the intake duct and includes an air cleaner case and an air cleaner element. The air cleaner case defines an internal space of the air cleaner. The air cleaner element is contained in the air cleaner case and divides the internal space into a dirty region and a clean region. The air cleaner element includes a filter. The air cleaner case includes an intake port and an exhaust port. The intake port faces the dirty region. The exhaust port faces the clean region and communicates with the clean conduit of the intake duct. The exhaust port has an exhaust direction oriented upward relative to a horizontal direction.
Claims20
An off-road vehicle comprising:
- an intake duct defining a clean conduit;
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- an air cleaner connected to the intake duct, the air cleaner comprising:
- an air cleaner case defining an internal space of the air cleaner;
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- an air cleaner element contained in the air cleaner case and dividing the internal space into a dirty region and a clean region, the air cleaner element comprising a filter,
- the air cleaner case comprising:
- an intake port facing the dirty region;
- an exhaust port facing the clean region and communicating with the clean conduit of the intake duct, the exhaust port having an exhaust direction oriented upward relative to a horizontal direction;
- a case body comprising the exhaust port and an opening through which the internal space is exposed downward;
- a lid attached to the case body in a manner in which the opening of the case body is openable and closable by the lid from below the opening;
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- a hinge pivotally connecting the lid to the case body.
An off-road vehicle comprising:
- an intake duct defining a clean conduit;
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- an air cleaner connected to the intake duct, the air cleaner comprising:
- an air cleaner case defining an internal space of the air cleaner;
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- an air cleaner element contained in the air cleaner case and dividing the internal space into a dirty region and a clean region, the air cleaner element comprising a filter,
- the air cleaner case comprising:
- an intake port facing the dirty region;
- an exhaust port facing the clean region and communicating with the clean conduit of the intake duct;
- a case body comprising the exhaust port and an opening through which the internal space is exposed, the opening being shaped and sized to permit the air cleaner element to pass through the opening;
- a lid to close the opening of the case body;
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- a hinge pivotally connecting the lid to the case body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.