Air intake duct
AssigneeHino Motors, Ltd.
InventorsTomoyuki TSURUTA, Takuya HASEBE, Yuta YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
A vertically extending air intake duct 1 on a rear of a cab 2 in a delivery vehicle to take in ambient air for an engine through an air intake 3 has a duct body 4 as outer shell with the intake 3 on an upper portion, a side branch section 5 on a lower portion of the body 4 and having upper and lower ends opened in the body 4 and outside, respectively, a mesh member 6 extending over the intake 3 to collect rainwater, a louver 7 for covering the member 6 and the intake 3 to prevent intrusion of matter other than ambient air, and a drip channel or bead 8 on an inner wall of the body 4 and just below the member 6 to capture and guide rainwater flowing down on the inner wall to the upper end of the section 5.
Claims15
An air intake duct mounted on a rear of a cab in a delivery vehicle to extend vertically to take in ambient air as intake air for an engine through an air intake, comprising a duct body as an outer shell with said air intake opened on an upper portion thereof, a side branch section on a lower portion of said duct body and having an upper end opened into the duct body and a lower end opened outside, a mesh member extending over said air intake to capture rainwater, a louver for covering said mesh member and said air intake to prevent intrusion of matter other than the ambient air and a drip channel on an inner wall of said duct body just below said mesh member for capturing the rainwater flowing down along said inner wall to guide the rainwater to the upper end of said side branch section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.