Patent ID: 9464604
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: F02M

Claim Text:
1. An intake system for an internal combustion engine, said intake system comprising: an intake passage connected to an intake port of the internal combustion engine and leading intake air to the intake port; an air cleaner connected to an upstream side end portion of the intake passage; and a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure of intake air in the intake passage, wherein the air cleaner includes an air cleaner case and a purifying filter housed in the air cleaner case, and wherein the air cleaner case includes a case main body mounted to an upstream side end portion of the intake passage, and a cover portion closing the case main body, wherein the intake system includes a throttle body constituting part of the intake passage, and having a throttle valve, wherein the pressure sensor is mounted to a support portion extending outward from the case main body and is connected via a pipe line to a downstream side of the throttle valve of the throttle body, and wherein the support portion extends from a portion of a side surface of the case main body so as to be flush with and parallel to a mating surface between the case main body and the cover portion.