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:
- front wheels and rear wheels;
- an engine room including an engine;
- an intake duct defining a clean conduit;
- and
- an air cleaner connected to the intake duct, the air cleaner comprising:
- an air cleaner case defining an internal space of the air cleaner;
- and
- 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 which guides air to the dirty region;
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- an exhaust port which guides air from the clean region and which communicates with the clean conduit of the intake duct, the exhaust port having an exhaust direction oriented upward relative to a horizontal direction, wherein the air cleaner is forward of the rear wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.