Air-intake duct and air-intake structure
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiharu Matsuda, Takafumi Matsumoto
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AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiharu Matsuda, Takafumi Matsumoto
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An air-intake duct, which is disposed between an air outlet of an air cleaner box constituting an air cleaner and an air inlet of a throttle body constituting a throttle device, is configured to guide air cleaned by the air cleaner to the throttle device. The air-intake duct includes a tubular coupling member including an upstream coupling portion coupled in an air tight manner to the air outlet of the air cleaner box and a downstream coupling portion air-tightly coupled to the air inlet of the throttle body, the coupling member being entirely formed of an elastic rubber material. The air-intake duct also includes an air guide member including a first air inlet configured to take in air therethrough from inside the air cleaner box, a first air outlet configured to discharge the air therethrough toward the throttle body, and a fitting portion fitted to the coupling member.
An air-intake duct configured to guide air in a first space defined by an air cleaner box constituting an air cleaner to a second space defined by a throttle body constituting a throttle device, comprising:
An air-intake structure provided between a plurality of air outlets of an air cleaner box constituting an air cleaner and a plurality of air inlets of a throttle body constituting a throttle device and including an air-intake duct structure configured to guide air cleaned by the air cleaner to the throttle device, the air-intake duct structure comprising:
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The present application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-29919 filed on Dec. 29, 2009, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an air-intake duct and an air-intake structure for guiding air to a throttle device coupled to an engine.
FIG. 1 is a left side view of a construction of an entire motorcycle including an air-intake structure including an air-intake duct structure according to Embodiment 1.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of the air-intake structure according to Embodiment 1.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the air-intake structure according to Embodiment 1.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The stated directions are referenced from the perspective of a driver straddling a motorcycle, unless otherwise explicitly noted.
Embodiment 1
[Construction of Motorcycle]