Patent ID: 9476390
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: F02D,F02M

Claim Text:
1. A vehicular intake system comprising: a multicylinder engine including at least one front cylinder block and at least one rear cylinder block; a plurality of intake passages configured to introduce intake air to the front and rear cylinder blocks, respectively, the engine comprising a plurality of air funnels defining portions of the intake passages, including at least one front air funnel for introducing air to the front cylinder block and at least one rear air funnel for introducing air to the rear cylinder block; and an air cleaner assembly connected to upstream ends of the intake passages for the front and rear cylinder blocks, the air cleaner assembly comprising an air cleaner case and an air cleaner element disposed inside of the case; wherein: a space inside of the air cleaner case is partitioned into upper and lower parts by a partition wall, thereby forming a clean chamber on the upper side and a dirty chamber on the lower side, the intake passages are arranged to pass through the dirty chamber in a vertical direction, and inlets of the intake passages are arranged in the clean chamber, a through hole is formed in the partition wall between the front and rear air funnels for the front and rear cylinder blocks, respectively, and an air cleaner element configured to clean the intake air is arranged to occlude the through hole, the air cleaner element arranged substantially horizontally between the front and rear air funnels.