Patent ID: 9140222
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. An intake passage structure for a vehicle, comprising: an air cleaner which purifies air, a throttle body, and a connecting tube to supply purified air to an engine, wherein said connecting tube connects said air cleaner and said throttle body, wherein said connecting tube is formed of two or more separate components, wherein a joint area, at which said two or more separate components of said connecting tube are connected in a predetermined positional relation, is disposed inside said air cleaner, wherein said connecting tube includes an upstream connecting tube disposed inside said air cleaner and a downstream connecting tube penetrating said air cleaner, wherein said upstream connecting tube is disposed such that an extending direction thereof is along a longitudinal direction of a post-purification chamber of said air cleaner, in a plan view, wherein said downstream connecting tube is disposed such that an extending direction thereof differs from the extending direction of said upstream connecting tube, in the plan view, wherein said upstream connecting tube and said downstream connecting tube are each in a bent form, and wherein said upstream connecting tube and said downstream connecting tube are provided such that a center axis of the bend of said upstream connecting tube differs from a center axis of the bend of said downstream connecting tube.