Patent ID: 8377162

Claim:
An air cleaner for a vehicle comprising: a body accommodating a filter element; a cover that covers the top of the body; and clamping units clamping the body and the cover; and wherein the clamping units include: at least one first clamp that clamps sides of the body and the cover by means of elastic force of a first spring and functions as a hinge point allowing the cover to rotate with respect to the body; and at least one second clamp that clamps the other sides of the body and the cover by means of elastic force of a second spring and locks and unlocks the body and the cover by means of rotation of a key; wherein a gap is defined between the body and the cover, against the elastic force of the first and second springs by the internal pressure between the body and the cover; wherein the first and second clamps are made of plastic; wherein the first clamp is mounted in a first mounting portion formed at one edge of the body; wherein a hinge protrusion hinged to the first clamp is formed at one edge of the cover; wherein the hinge protrusion is formed in a yoke shape with the bottom inclined with respect to the top and has a hinge groove where the first clamp is fitted; wherein the first clamp includes: a first shaft mounted in the first mounting portion to be movable up/down and fitted in the hinge groove of the hinge protrusion; a first locking portion monolithically formed at the top of the first shaft and locked to the top of the hinge protrusion; a first cap mounted in the first mounting portion and where the lower end of the first shaft is fitted; and a first cap bolt fitted in the lower end of the first shaft, with the first spring fitted on the first shaft in the first cap; wherein the first locking portion has a first surface that is flat to support the top of the hinge protrusion and a second surface rounded upward and connected to the first surface; and wherein the first shaft has a guide protrusion protruding along a longitudinal direction of the first shaft and integrally connected with the first locking portion and slidably fitted in a guide groove formed in a support protrusion of the first mounting portion.