Patent ID: 6374815
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: F01M,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
An air cleaner base assembly for a motorcycle engine including at least one cylinder head having a communication port for venting a crankcase, an air cleaner and an air intake port of a fuel system, said base assembly comprising:an air cleaner support member having a first side positioned adjacent the air intake port and an opposite second side adapted to seat the air cleaner thereto, said support member further including a venturi portion defining an intake aperture extending from the second side to the first side, and having a transverse cross-sectional dimension substantially similar to that of the air intake port of the fuel system for air flow from the air filter, through the intake aperture and into the air intake port; and a flange member mounted to the support member, and adapted to mount said support member to the cylinder head, said flange member defining a communication conduit extending therethrough, and having an entrance port in flow communication with the communication port of the cylinder head and an opposite exit port terminating at the venturi portion.