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US 7,370,388 B2Granted
Air cleaner for portable engine
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsuneyoshi Yuasa, Masanori Kobayashi
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Abstract
An air cleaner for a portable engine, includes an air cleaner case attached to an upper part of an engine body of the engine. Preferably, the air cleaner case is supported on an upper wall of a shroud covering the engine. Preferably, the air cleaner case is formed integrally with the shroud. Preferably, the air cleaner further includes an air intake structure divided into a plurality of intake passages having inlets displaced relative to each other with respect to an air flow direction in which an intake air flows.
Claims10
An air cleaner for cleaning the intake air of a portable engine, composing:
- an air cleaner case attached to an upper part of an engine body having a cylinder of the engine:
- an air cleaner cover disposed on and attached to the air cleaner case;
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- an air cleaner element held in the air cleaner case and the air cleaner cover,
- wherein an upstream air passage is formed in the air cleaner cover and a downstream air passage is formed in the air cleaner case, the upstream air passage being disposed upstream of the air cleaner element, the downstream air passage being disposed downstream of the air cleaner element,
- wherein the air cleaner case is supported on an upper wall of a shroud, the shroud covering upper and side portions of the cylinder so as to form an outer cover of the engine body.
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