Patent ID: 9410512
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B60K,F02M

Claim Text:
1. An air intake apparatus for a utility vehicle having a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, an engine arranged below the rear seat and/or the cargo bed, and a V-belt type continuously variable transmission arranged sideward of the engine, the apparatus comprising: an air cleaner to be connected to an air intake portion of the engine via an intake manifold; a cooling duct to be connected to an air intake portion of the V-belt type continuously variable transmission for cooling the V-belt type continuously variable transmission; and a space arranged below the rear seat and in which front, rear, right, left, and lower sides thereof are surrounded by surrounding members; wherein the air cleaner, an air intake opening thereof, and an air intake opening at an end of the cooling duct are arranged in the space and located at a side of the engine opposite the V-belt type continuously variable transmission; wherein the air intake portion of the V-belt type continuously variable transmission is located at a side wall of the V-belt type continuously variable transmission facing the engine; and wherein an entire length of the cooling duct is located in an area extending between a front end of the V-belt type continuously variable transmission and a rear end of the V-belt type continuously variable transmission with respect to a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle.