Air intake for snowmobile
AssigneeArctic Cat Inc.
InventorsKristopher Jorgenson, Darin Jacobson, Erick Halvorson, Nathan Blomker, Lucas Purcell
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Abstract
An assembly for a snowmobile includes an airbox having a plenum for coupling to a throttle body of an engine and two branches defining openings for air intake. A storage box is mounted between the two branches and defines area for receiving a console. The airbox is part of a hood of the vehicle and includes an opening over a storage box. The disclosure also includes a ribbed bumper mount with a latch assembly for securing the hood.
Claims23
An air intake assembly for a snowmobile having a hood, first and second side panels, and a tunnel;
- the side panels sloping downwardly towards a belly of the snowmobile from an upper region of a forward portion of the snowmobile forward of the tunnel portion of the snowmobile;
- the intake assembly comprising:
- an air plenum under the hood;
- a first intake opening fluidly communicating air to the plenum from outside of the snowmobile, the intake opening including a snow filter screen forming an intake face;
- wherein the intake face is positioned outwardly on a first side of the snowmobile above at least a portion of the first side panel on one side of the snowmobile;
- the intake face having a lower edge above and adjacent an upper edge of the portion of the first side panel;
- the lower edge of the intake face and the upper edge of the side panel having a substantially smooth transition therebetween, the lower edge of the intake face being positioned substantially as far outboard relative to a longitudinal centerline of the snowmobile as the upper edge of the side panel, and an overall slope of the side panel below and adjacent the intake face not being substantially less than the overall slope of the intake face.
An assembly for a snowmobile comprising:
- a first upper body panel;
- a headlight assembly positioned at least partially above the upper body panel;
- and
- an engine air intake positioned below at least a portion of the upper body panel;
- wherein the first upper body panel includes a first outboard surface extending therefrom, and at least a portion of the air intake opening is positioned outboard of the first outboard surface of the upper body panel.
An assembly for a snowmobile comprising:
- a first upper body panel;
- a headlight assembly positioned at least partially above the upper body panel;
- a side body panel positioned below the first upper body panel;
- and
- an engine air intake positioned between the upper body panel and the side body panel;
- wherein the air intake includes a face with a smooth transition to the side body panel.
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