Patent ID: 8105407

Claim:
An internal combustion engine air cleaner comprising: a filter element having an upper holder, a lower holder, and an element body arranged between the upper holder and the lower holder; and a case accommodating therein the filter element and including a bottom plate having an air outlet port formed therein, air filtered through the filter element being supplied via the air outlet port to a carburetor, the bottom plate including a support frame section bulging from an inner surface thereof inwardly of the case, the support frame section including: a side peripheral wall extending upward from the inner surface of the bottom plate in such a manner as to surround a periphery of the air outlet port; a plurality of vertical posts spaced apart from each other along and extending upward from an upper end of the side peripheral wall; and a canopy portion of a generally flat plate shape provided on respective upper ends of the plurality of vertical posts to extend over the air outlet port, said canopy portion being formed separately from the upper holder and the lower holder of the filter element, and being located at a position separate from the upper holder and the lower holder, an interior of the case and the air outlet port being in communication with each other via a space between the vertical posts, the canopy portion covering a whole opening area of the air outlet port when the case is viewed from above.