Patent ID: 6227159
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: F02F,F02M,F05C

Abstract:
An air guiding system for an internal combustion engine, which has at least one combustion chamber with at least one gas inlet opening leading into the combustion chamber, comprisingan air inlet opening (16),an intake conduit (22) adjoining the air inlet opening (16) downstream,an outlet opening (18) connected to the gas inlet opening of the combustion chamber,a gas guiding chamber (20) that guides air from the air inlet opening (16) to the outlet opening (18), andan air filter (200) provided in the gas guide chamber (20),the air filter (200) is embodied as an interchangeable cartridge that can be inserted into and removed from the intake conduit (22),the gas guiding chamber (20) has a curved region (40) shaped in wormlike form, in which the wormlike curved region (40) is part of a wall of the intake conduit (22), and the intake conduit (22) receiving the air filter (200) is disposed in a ducted region (38), which is ducted through the wormlike curved region (40).