Supporting structure for air-cleaned assembly

Patent · Tue Jan 24 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6051784

Honda, M; Fukuta, T; Yamaguchi, A; Ikuta, K

A supporting structure is described for supporting an air-cleaner assembly on a throttle body of an internal combustion engine provided with a fuel injector arranged at a center of an intake passage formed in the throttle body. The supporting structure consists of: a bridge member having a joining portion and at least two legs, each of the legs having one end fixed to the throttle body and the other end extending radially inwardly toward a central axis of the intake passage, the other ends of the legs being joined to each other at the joining portion, the joining portion being abutted against an end of the fuel injector opposite to a fuel injection port thereof; and fixing means cooperating with the bridge member for fixing the air-cleaner assembly with respect to the throttle body.

• Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya
• Patent Number(s): US 4799470
• OSTI ID: 6051784
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
AIR CLEANING SYSTEMS
AIR FLOW
DESIGN
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
ENGINES
FABRICATION
FASTENING
FLUID FLOW
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
GAS FLOW
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
JOINING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
SUPPORTS