Patent ID: 8517001

Claim:
An air intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the air intake apparatus comprising: a housing having an intake passage extending substantially in a vertical direction of a vehicle, a valve configured to open and close the intake passage; a shaft supporting the valve; a bearing supporting the shaft; a hose connected with an upper side of the housing in the vertical direction and configured to lead intake air into the intake passage; and a communication passage configured to communicate an inside of the internal combustion engine with the hose, wherein the communication passage has an opening in the vicinity of a first point directly above the bearing, the opening has a lowest point in a gravity direction, and in a direction perpendicular to the gravity direction, the lowest point is displaced from the vicinity of the first point directly above the bearing, so that in the gravity direction, the lowest point of the opening is prevented from coinciding with the first point directly above the bearing.