Air intake device of internal combustion engine
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkio Nakamura, Hideaki Miyamoto, Kouji Yamashita, Shinsuke Kitabayashi
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Abstract
An air intake device for use with an internal combustion engine has an air cleaner case adapted to be mounted on the engine to extend longitudinally along an upper wall of the engine. An opening is formed in a longitudinal end portion of a bottom wall of the air cleaner case. An air cleaner body has an open end that is connected to the opening of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case thereby to communicate an interior of the air cleaner body with that of the air cleaner case. An air cleaner element is put between the air cleaner body and the air cleaner case in a manner to extend across the opening of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case.
Claims24
An air intake device for use with an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- an air cleaner case adapted to be mounted on the engine to extend longitudinally along an upper wall of the engine;
- an opening formed in a longitudinal end portion of a bottom wall of the air cleaner case;
- an air cleaner body having an open end connected to the opening of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case thereby to communicate an interior of the air cleaner body with that of the air cleaner case;
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- an air cleaner element put between the air cleaner body and the air cleaner case in a manner to extend across the opening of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case.
An air intake device for use with an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- an elongate air cleaner case adapted to be mounted on the engine, the air cleaner case having a given end portion that extends beyond one longitudinal end of the engine;
- an opening formed in the given end portion of the elongate air cleaner case;
- an air cleaner body having an open end, the air cleaner body being pivotally connected to the given end portion of the air cleaner case, so that the air cleaner body is pivotal between a fitted position wherein the air cleaner body is tightly fitted to the given end portion thereby to connect the open end of the air cleaner body with the opening of the given end portion of the air cleaner case and a released position wherein the air cleaner body is separated from given end portion;
- a clamp that detachably binds the air cleaner body and the air cleaner case together;
- a flange formed around the open end of the air cleaner body;
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- an air cleaner element put on the flange, so that when the air cleaner body assumes the fitted position, the air cleaner element is put between the air cleaner body and the given end portion in a manner to extend to across the opening of the given end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.