Air funnel assembly
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKouji Shiratsuchi, Hiroshi Nakano
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Abstract
An air funnel assembly extending between an air inlet assembly and one or more carburetors on a two-wheeled vehicle. The air funnel assembly includes an elastic air funnel and an air funnel cover. The funnel and funnel cover are affixed to the carburetor or carburetors and extend in spaced relation towards the air inlet assembly. The components may be fixed to the carburetors by means of one or more clamp rings, may be additionally joined together by projections from the elastic funnel which are retained in holes in the rigid cover. A radially interlocking arrangement may be employed at the inlet from the air inlet assembly to retain the funnel thereto.
Claims6
An air funnel assembly between an air inlet and a carburetor, comprising
- an elastic air funnel extending between the inlet and the carburetor;
- an air funnel cover extending about at least a portion of said elastic air funnel, said air funnel cover being rigid, said elastic air funnel including projections extending outwardly to said air funnel cover and being attached thereto.
An air funnel assembly between an air inlet and a carburetor for a two-wheeled vehicle, comprising
- an elastic air funnel extending between the air inlet and the carburetor, said elastic air funnel being radially interlocked with said air inlet at one end of said elastic air funnel;
- an air funnel cover extending about said elastic air funnel between said carburetor and said air inlet, said air funnel cover including a longitudinal slit at a first end;
- a clamp ring securely fixed about said first end of said air funnel cover and the other end of said elastic air funnel at said carburetor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.