Patent ID: 7465329
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B62K,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An intake system being disposed on the upstream side of a producer for the production of an air-fuel mixture and comprising an air cleaner case and a connecting tube for connecting said producer and said air cleaner case, wherein said intake system comprises: a tip end portion of said connecting tube, said tip end portion disposed in said air cleaner case; an opening end portion provided on one end of an air cleaner element contained in said air cleaner case, for connection to said tip end portion of said connecting tube; and a frame member disposed inside said air cleaner element and serving as a core of said air cleaner element, said frame member having a support portion formed at an end portion thereof for supporting said tip end portion and said opening end portion in the condition where said tip end portion and said opening end portion are fitted to each other, said opening end portion, said tip end portion, and said support portion being disposed one atop the other in a radial direction of the air cleaner element, and said support portion being larger in diameter than any other portion of said frame member.