Fuel supply arrangement for a motorcycle engine
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Matsuda, Sakio Muroo
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system for a motorcycle including an engine having at least one combustion chamber. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel injector configured to deliver a fuel charge to an intake passage of the engine. The motorcycle further includes an air box defining an interior space, or plenum chamber. An inlet duct defines at least a portion of the intake passage and further defines an axis. The inlet duct also defines an opening to the intake passage disposed within the plenum chamber. A spray axis of the fuel injector is oriented parallel to the axis of the inlet duct and the fuel injector is supported by the air box.
Claims17
A fuel delivery system for a motorcycle including an engine having a combustion chamber, the fuel delivery system comprising a fuel injector configured to deliver a fuel charge to an intake passage communicating with the combustion chamber, the motorcycle including an air box defining a plenum chamber, an inlet duct defining at least a portion of the intake passage, the inlet duct further defining an opening of the intake passage disposed within the plenum chamber, a spray axis of the fuel injector being parallel to an axis of the inlet duct, and wherein the fuel injector is supported by the air box.
A motorcycle comprising a frame assembly, an internal combustion engine supported by the frame assembly and defining at least one combustion chamber, an air intake system configured to guide air to the internal combustion engine, and a fuel delivery system configured to deliver fuel to the internal combustion engine, the air intake system comprising an air box defining a plenum chamber, an intake passage communicating with the at least one combustion chamber, at least a portion of the intake passage defining an axis, the intake passage further defining an opening to the intake passage disposed within the plenum chamber, the fuel delivery system comprising a fuel injector configured to deliver a fuel charge to the intake passage, a spray axis of the fuel injector being parallel to the axis of the intake passage, wherein the fuel injector is supported by the air box.
A motorcycle comprising a frame assembly, an internal combustion engine supported by the frame assembly and defining at least one combustion chamber, an air intake system configured to guide air to the internal combustion engine, and a fuel delivery system configured to deliver fuel to the internal combustion engine, the air intake system comprising an air box defining a plenum chamber, an intake passage communicating with the at least one combustion chamber, the fuel delivery system comprising fuel tank, a fuel pump and a fuel injector, the fuel pump being configured to supply fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel injector through a fuel delivery conduit, the fuel injector being configured to deliver a fuel charge to the intake passage and being supported by the air box, the fuel delivery conduit comprising a first conduit section and a second conduit section extending between the fuel tank and the fuel injector, wherein the first conduit section and the second conduit section are connected to one another by a toolless coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.