Patent ID: 6863044

Claim:
An air intake arrangement incorporated with an internal combustion engine, comprising: an air cleaner case mounted on the engine and extending longitudinally along an upper wall of the engine; an opening formed in a longitudinal end portion of a bottom wall of the air cleaner case; an air cleaner body having an open end connected to the opening of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case thereby to communicate an interior of the air cleaner body with that of the air cleaner case; and an air cleaner element put between the air cleaner body and the air cleaner case in a manner to extend across the opening of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case; wherein the longitudinal end portion of the bottom wall of the air cleaner case extends beyond one longitudinal end of the engine to thereby define a certain space below the longitudinal end portion of the bottom wall, the certain space accommodating the air cleaner body.