Air cleaner and air intake structures for low-deck vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoichi Inayama
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Abstract
To secure a large space that can be utilized effectively above an air cleaner, a low-deck vehicle 10 is constructed to mount an engine shaped like a letter V in the fore-and-aft direction under a low-deck and an air cleaner. The air cleaner is adapted to be capable of being maintained and inspected from the side of the vehicle. A filter element is provided in the air cleaner, and is attachable and detachable by a lid member on the side of the air cleaner. An inspection lid opposing the lid member is provided on a vehicle body cover covering the air cleaner. A space for arranging vehicle accessories such as a fuel tank is provided above the air cleaner.
Claims5
A low-deck vehicle comprising:
- an engine shaped like a letter V in the fore-and-aft direction suspended by upper frames extending from a head pipe rearward and downward and down frames extending from the head pipe downward;
- and an air intake structure of the engine including air intake connecting hoses and an air cleaner disposed above the V-shape engine,
- wherein the air intake connecting hoses are disposed between V-shaped banks of the engine, the air intake connecting hoses are disposed substantially along at least one of the upper frames and at least one of the down frames, and the air intake connecting hoses do not extend above the upper frames.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.