Vehicle including a variable intake pipe length device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuhiro Kubo, Kaoru Hanawa
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a variable intake pipe length device capable of adjusting the length of an intake pipe according to the condition of an engine, the intake pipe being provided in an intake passage for inducing air from an air cleaner box to an intake port of the engine, the intake pipe including a fixed funnel and a movable funnel movable relative to the fixed funnel by a driving force of an actuator. A rotating pipe as a part of the intake pipe is rotationally driven by the actuator, and the movable funnel is moved by rotating the rotating pipe, thereby varying the length of the intake pipe.
Claims9
A vehicle including an intake passage for inducing air from an air cleaner box to an intake port of an engine, comprising:
- a variable intake pipe length device including:
- an intake pipe including a fixed funnel, a movable funnel movable relative to said fixed funnel and a rotating part,
- an actuator capable of providing a driving force to adjust the length of said intake pipe according to a condition of the engine,
- wherein said intake pipe is provided in the intake passage for inducing air from the air cleaner box to the intake port of the engine,
- wherein said rotating part of said intake pipe is rotationally driven by said actuator, and said movable funnel is moved by rotating said rotating part of said intake pipe, thereby varying the length of said intake pipe,
- wherein said fixed funnel and said movable funnel have a same axis, in a length-wise direction thereof,
- wherein said rotating part of said intake pipe is a rotating pipe, said rotating pipe comprising a spiral slit formed at a cylindrical portion of said rotating pipe, and
- wherein said movable funnel includes an inward projection engaged with said spiral slit, such that when said rotating pipe is rotated, said movable funnel is moved by the rotation of said spiral slit to thereby vary the length of said intake pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.