Snowmobile
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTokinari Nagao, Atsushi Sawabuchi, Takashi Ashida, Kazuhiro Ishizawa, Takayuki Yamada
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Abstract
A snowmobile includes a throttle motor that is protected from brake dust. The snowmobile includes a snowmobile body including an engine room therein, an engine disposed inside the engine room, brake equipment disposed inside the engine room, a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine, and a throttle motor which is disposed at a more forward position than the brake equipment inside the engine room and arranged to drive the throttle valve.
Claims10
A snowmobile comprising:
- a snowmobile body including an engine room therein;
- an engine disposed inside the engine room;
- brake equipment disposed inside the engine room;
- a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine;
- and
- air-intake equipment including a throttle motor disposed inside the engine room and arranged to drive the throttle valve and a throttle body arranged to house the throttle valve;
- wherein
- at least a portion of the throttle motor is disposed at a higher position than the brake equipment;
- and
- the air-intake equipment further includes a gear case, and a plurality of gears housed in the gear case.
A snowmobile comprising:
- a snowmobile body including an engine room therein;
- an engine disposed inside the engine room;
- brake equipment disposed inside the engine room;
- a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine;
- and
- a throttle motor disposed inside the engine room and arranged to drive the throttle valve;
- and
- a fuel injection valve;
- wherein
- at least a portion of the throttle motor is disposed at a higher position than the brake equipment;
- and
- the throttle motor is disposed on a side away from the fuel injection valve as viewed from the throttle body.
A snowmobile comprising:
- a snowmobile body including an engine room therein;
- an engine disposed inside the engine room;
- brake equipment disposed inside the engine room;
- a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine;
- and
- a throttle motor disposed inside the engine room and arranged to drive the throttle valve;
- wherein
- at least a portion of the throttle motor is disposed at a higher position than the brake equipment;
- and
- the brake equipment is at a more rearward position than a cylinder axis of the engine in a side view of the snowmobile, and the throttle motor is at a more forward position than the cylinder axis in a side view of the snowmobile.
A snowmobile comprising:
- a snowmobile body including an engine room therein;
- an engine disposed inside the engine room;
- brake equipment disposed inside the engine room;
- a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine;
- and
- a throttle motor disposed inside the engine room and arranged to drive the throttle valve;
- and
- a platy frame extending in a vertical direction and a fore-aft direction of the snowmobile;
- wherein
- at least a portion of the throttle motor is disposed at a higher position than the brake equipment;
- and
- the platy frame is arranged to define a partition between the engine and the brake equipment in a width direction of the snowmobile.
A snowmobile comprising:
- a snowmobile body including an engine room therein;
- an engine disposed inside the engine room;
- brake equipment disposed inside the engine room;
- a throttle valve arranged to adjust intake air supplied to the engine;
- and
- a throttle motor disposed inside the engine room and arranged to drive the throttle valve;
- wherein
- at least a portion of the throttle motor is disposed at a higher position than the brake equipment;
- and
- the throttle motor is within a dimension of the engine taken in a width direction of the snowmobile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.