Air intake apparatus for vehicle

Patent · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5589267

Yamada, K

In a vehicle in which an engine is mounted on a body frame having at least a head pipe, a main pipe is described extending rearwardly of the head pipe and twin center pipes respectively extending on right and left sides of the heat pipe rearwardly from a forked junction at a rear end of the main pipe, between which center pipes an air cleaner connected to an intake pipe of the engine is disposed rearwardly of the engine. An air intake apparatus consisting of: an air intake passage defined by the inside of the main pipe; and an air chamber defined by the inside of a gusset for reinforcing the connection between the main pipe and the pair of center pipes, the air chamber having an inlet in communication with the air intake passage and an outlet in communication with the air cleaner.

• Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4597466
• OSTI ID: 5589267
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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