Patent ID: 7451744
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a body frame extending downward and to the rear of the vehicle; an engine arranged below the body frame, a cylinder axis of the engine being oriented substantially horizontally and extending in a forward direction of the vehicle; and an intake passage arranged to supply air to the engine; and a fuel injector mounted on a midsection of the intake passage and arranged to supply fuel to the engine; wherein at least a portion of the fuel injector is arranged forward relative to a centerline of the intake passage, when viewed from the side of the vehicle; and the intake passage includes a first intake passage portion arranged to continue from an inlet port of the engine and extend upward, a second intake passage portion arranged to continue from the first intake passage portion and have a section bent in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, the fuel injector being mounted to the second intake passage portion, and a third intake passage portion arranged to continue from the second intake passage portion and arranged forward of the fuel injector and extended upward, and wherein the third intake passage portion is disposed so as not to cover a front side of the fuel injector, when viewed from a front of the vehicle.