Air intake device for an outboard motor
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorTakashi Toyama
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Abstract
An intake device for an outboard motor having a vapor separator is provided. The intake device is simple to manufacture and prevents a flow of an unacceptably large volume of fuel vapor into an engine system. The intake device leads external air into the engine and the vapor separator separates fuel vapor from liquid fuel. The fuel vapor generated in the vapor separator is led into the intake device. The intake device has a partition to divide the intake device into an intake passage and a vapor chamber. The partition is arranged downstream of the fuel vapor in the vapor chamber.
Claims5
An intake device for an outboard motor having a vapor separator, the intake device comprising:
- a housing having a first port and a second port, the housing having an intake passage extending from the first port for flowing a fluid from the first port to the second port, and a vapor chamber having an opening for introducing a vapor from the vapor separator into the vapor chamber;
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- a partition formed downstream of the vapor flowing from the opening in the vapor chamber, the partition separating the vapor chamber from the intake passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.