Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine main body positioned behind a seat and at least partially in the center of the vehicle width direction; a first air cleaner positioned above the engine main body so as to define and form a part of an intake passage of the internal combustion engine; and a second air cleaner disposed upstream of the first air cleaner so as to define and form a part of the intake passage, in which the second air cleaner is positioned outside the first air cleaner in the vehicle width direction. This configuration can relatively shorten the length of an intake passage including an air cleaner in vehicles, including vehicles that are frequently used on rough terrain.

Abstract: A vehicle including an engine body that has a crankcase that rotatably supports a crankshaft, a cylinder, and a cylinder head provided with an intake port and an exhaust port, in which a central axis of the crankshaft extends in the vehicle width direction, a CVT disposed on a side portion in the vehicle width direction of the engine body, a transmission disposed on one side in a front-rear direction of the engine body, an intake pipe connected to the intake port, an air cleaner connected to the intake pipe, an exhaust pipe connected to the exhaust port, and an exhaust muffler connected to the exhaust pipe. At least a part of each of the transmission, the intake pipe, the air cleaner, the exhaust pipe, and the exhaust muffler is disposed in a region where the engine body is projected in the front-rear direction.

Abstract: A vehicle air induction assembly includes an air guide, an air duct and a bracket member. The air duct is configured to supply air to an engine air filter. The air guide has an opening therein and is configured to be connected to a vehicle fascia. The air duct is configured to be connected to the air guide such that air flowing through the opening flows into the air duct. The bracket member is connected to the air guide. The bracket member has a first side wall, a second side wall and a lower wall connecting the first and second side walls. The bracket member and the air duct are disposed on opposite sides of the air guide opening. An air inlet is defined by the air guide and the bracket member.

Abstract: A vehicle may include a CVT unit or a power source which requires ambient air. An air inlet for an air intake system coupled to the CVT unit or the power source which requires ambient air may be provided in a side of a cargo carrying portion of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a rear radius arm suspension.

Abstract: The intake device structure of the saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe; a main frame that extends rearward from the head pipe; a seat rail that extends rearward from the main frame; sub-frames that connect the main frame and the seat rail to each other; a seat that is supported on the seat rail; and an intake device. The intake device includes an element that is inclined rearward as the element extends upward, and the element is also mounted underneath the seat rail in side view such that the element is located along the sub-frames.

Abstract: The working vehicle includes an engine installed in a front portion of a traveling machine body, and a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas from the engine. The post-processing device is mounted on an upper side of the engine. The engine and the post-processing device are covered with a hood. A hood shield plate is disposed on a rear surface side of the hood and covers at least the post-processing device from a rear surface. A heat insulating layer is formed between an operating seat disposed on a rear side of the hood and the hood shield plate.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to a system and method of protecting the engines of ATVs by preventing excessive water from entering the belt drive and/or air intake of the vehicle motor. The system includes a riser and valve assembly. Each snorkel valve assembly includes one or more water sensors in communication with a valve. When water is detected by the sensors, the valve closes, preventing water from entering the vehicle engine, transmission, air box, clutch housing, and/or any other vented element of the ATV engine. Instead, the water is diverted out of the system through a drain valve. Accordingly, the system prevents water, mud, and the like from entering the main components of the ATV motor.

Abstract: A vehicle air induction assembly includes an air guide, an air duct and a bracket member. The air guide is configured to be connected to a vehicle fascia. The air duct is configured to be connected to the air guide. The air duct is configured to supply air to an engine air filter. The bracket member is connected to the air guide. The bracket member has a front wall facing in a forward direction of a vehicle, a rear wall facing in a rearward direction of the vehicle, and an upper wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall. A first air inlet in fluid communication with the air duct is defined by a surface of the air guide and the front, rear and upper walls of the bracket member. The first air inlet faces in a lateral direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: An air suction device for a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine. The air suction device includes a device guiding purified suction air for combustion in the direction of the internal combustion engine, and an air filter element and a housing receiving the air filter element, and at least one air guiding device. The air guiding device is formed in the shape of a channel and is provided for guiding suction air to the housing. The air guiding device extends in the region between a holding device and the housing. The holding device is formed to receive at least one light source and has an air leading channel adjacent to the light source, which is connected in an air guiding manner to the air guiding device.

Abstract: A vehicle that can realize measures for water exposure of intake ducts by a simple configuration is provided. The vehicle has a front seat, an engine and a continuously variable transmission at least partially located on a rear side of a front-end of the front seat and a bottom side of a lower end of the front seat, intake ducts at least partially extending from a rear side toward a front side on the bottom side of the lower end of the front seat, having intake ports in front-end portions, and sending outside air taken in from the intake ports to the continuously variable transmission, and a front cover covering both the front-end portions of the intake ducts, wherein the front-end portions of the intake ducts are located on a front side of the front-end of the front seat and a top side of the lower end of the front seat.

Abstract: An off-road vehicle having a frame, a plurality of ground engaging members operably coupled to the frame, a seat supported by the frame and configured to support an operator, an engine supported by the frame, a body supported by the frame, and a liner coupled to the body, where the liner is configured to be positioned between the body and a heat source of the off-road vehicle, and an air gap extends between the liner and the body.

Abstract: In one example, an air intake system is provided. The air intake system includes a first air inlet duct providing intake air to an engine intake conduit, the first air inlet duct including an opening positioned external to an engine compartment. The air intake system also includes a second air inlet duct positioned upstream of the engine intake conduit and external to the engine compartment, the second air inlet duct including a porous material spanning an opening in the second air inlet duct, the porous material having a plurality of defined openings sized to prevent snow from traveling therethrough and collect on the porous material thereby impeding airflow through the second air inlet duct during snowy and icy conditions.

Abstract: A combustion air intake apparatus for a truck, tractor, or bus vehicle for highway use includes an air deflecting element that is selectively deployable to cause dynamic air pressure created by vehicle motion to increase static air, pressure within the intake apparatus under appropriate conditions. Deployment or retraction of the air deflecting element is responsive to at least one of forward speed of the vehicle, air pressure downstream of an air inlet opening, or throttle position, and may further be responsive to detection of precipitation and/or particulate material. An air deflecting element may include a moveable plate or flap, moveable louvers, or a moveable duct.

Abstract: A system in a vehicle includes a primary intake manifold, a secondary intake manifold, a valve, and a computer. The primary and secondary intake manifolds are configured for an engine compartment of the vehicle. The secondary intake manifold is arrangeable to extend from outside the engine compartment to the valve. The valve is connected to each of the primary and secondary intake manifolds. The computer is in communication with the valve and programmed to identify a flood risk and then actuate the valve.

Abstract: The utility vehicle has a door. The door includes a pipe frame, a door panel made of a resin material and attached to the pipe frame so as to cover the pipe frame, and a drink holder made of a resin material and is fixed to the door panel at one portion of the drink holder and fixed to the pipe frame at another portion of the drink holder. The door panel and the drink holder are integrated as one piece.

Abstract: An air guiding unit has a shroud having a vent hole, an air guiding duct, and a valve housed in the air guiding duct. A radiator, an engine cooling heat exchanger, and a blower are fixed to the shroud. The shroud guides an air flowing into an engine room from an engine room opening and passing through the radiator and the engine cooling heat exchanger. The air guiding duct has a first opening, which is connected to the vent hole of the shroud, and a second opening, which is open in the engine room toward a rear space defined on a rear side of the engine. The air guiding duct therein has a duct interior channel through which the air flows between the first opening and the second opening. The valve is configured to increase and decrease an opening degree of the duct interior channel.

Abstract: A hood latch support assembly includes a support beam having a first portion, a second portion, and a latch support portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion has a strength, and the second portion has a strength that is less than the strength of the first portion.

Abstract: A system for aspirating a pre-cleaner of a work vehicle may include a fluid conduit in flow communication with an outlet port of the pre-cleaner for receiving an aspirated airflow from the pre-cleaner. The system may also include a double-walled flow pipe having an inner tube that receives a primary fluid flow of the work vehicle. The double-walled flow pipe may also include an outer tube surrounding the inner tube such that an annular passage is defined between the inner and outer tubes. The annular passage may be in flow communication with the fluid conduit. When a vacuum is applied to the annular passage, the aspirated airflow may be drawn through the fluid conduit from the pre-cleaner and directed to the annular passage. The aspirated airflow flows through the annular passage as the primary fluid flow is being directed through the inner tube.

Abstract: Installation of a snorkel on a vehicle can be facilitated by slide-in attachment configurations. A slot can be defined in a vehicle body member (e.g., a fender). The slot includes an insertion portion and a retention portion. A width of the insertion portion is greater than a width of the retention portion. The snorkel has an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion. The outlet end portion can include a flange. The width of the flange is less than a width of the insertion portion but greater than the width of the retention portion. The outlet end portion can be-initially received in the insertion portion. The snorkel and/or the vehicle body member can be manipulated so that the outlet end portion moves into the retention portion. The outlet end portion can be retainably received therein due to the flange being larger than the width of the retention portion.

Abstract: A canister structure for a saddle riding vehicle, including a canister connected with a fuel tank using a connection line, the canister adsorbing fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank, and a purge valve disposed in a path through which the fuel vapor is returned from the canister to an air intake system of an engine, includes an annular canister rubber that fits over an outer cylinder of the canister; a canister stay disposed on a vehicle body side; and an engagement portion disposed on the purge valve. In the canister structure, the canister rubber has, formed on an outer periphery thereof, an anterior-side mounting portion and a posterior-side mounting portion each having an insertion hole in which the canister stay is inserted and a purge valve mounting portion having an engagement portion insertion hole in which the engagement portion of the purge valve is inserted.

Abstract: An air cleaner device may include an air housing which has a hose outlet; an air duct which is protrudingly formed at one side of the air housing toward a front side of an engine compartment and introduces outside air; a filter casing which includes a filter seating portion which is formed in the air housing to face the air duct; and an air filter which is installed on the filter seating portion.

Abstract: Air induction systems are for an internal combustion engine. The air induction systems comprise an air intake plenum that conducts intake airflow to an air cleaner for cleaning prior to combustion in the internal combustion engine. The air intake plenum is movable with respect to the air cleaner between an open position separated from the air cleaner and a closed position connected to the air cleaner. A bellows connects the air intake plenum to the air cleaner when the air intake plenum is in the closed position. The bellows has an upstream first end that seals with the air intake plenum and a downstream second end that seals with the air cleaner. A spring is disposed in the bellows. The spring applies a biasing pressure on the bellows that encourages sealing between the bellows and at least one of the air intake plenum and the air cleaner when the air intake plenum is in the closed position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a frame, a first pair of wheels connected to the frame, a second pair of wheels connected to the frame, a motor supported by the frame and operatively connected to at least one of the pair of wheels, a cockpit in the frame, a first seat disposed in the cockpit, a bed in the frame longitudinally rearward of the cockpit, the bed having at least one side wall, a second seat disposed in the bed, the second seat having a seat base and a seat back, the seat back having a storage position and a seating position, and a lateral retention member fixed to the at least one side wall of the bed, at least a portion of the lateral retention member being disposed higher than the seat base and forward of the seat back of the second seat when in the seating position.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for an air box with an integrated air filter to communicate air flow from an exterior of the air filter to an air intake of an automobile engine. The air filter comprises a filter material that surrounds at least a portion of an interior cavity of the air filter. An end cap is affixed to a distal end of the filter material, and a wire support extends along at least a portion of the exterior surface of the filter material. The air box comprises a housing portion and a mount portion. The housing portion is configured to direct air drawn through the filter material into the interior cavity of the air filter and then into the air intake of the automobile engine. The mount portion is configured to support the air box and the air filter once installed within an automobile engine bay.

Abstract: In a structure for mounting resonators to a duct, the duct including openings is provided with a plurality of duct-side mounting pieces, and the resonators formed separately from the duct and including communication ports coupled to the openings are provided with a plurality of resonator-side mounting pieces that are mounted to the duct-side mounting pieces. Coupling portions of the duct and the resonators are configured to ensure turning the resonators when the resonators are mounted to the duct. On the plurality of duct-side mounting pieces disposed with intervals in a peripheral direction of the coupling portions, mounting surfaces are formed to be opposed to turning directions of the resonators when mounting the resonators to the duct, the resonator-side mounting pieces being abutted against and mounted to the mounting surfaces. Accordingly, it is possible to turn the resonators when mounting them to the duct and improve attachment work.

Abstract: An air guide for the front surface of a motor vehicle including a channel for sealably channelling the air entering through the front of the vehicle to a cooling system when the air guide is mounted onto the vehicle, wherein the channel includes mechanical weakness areas defining programmed permanent shape-changing areas capable, along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, of shortening the air guide when said mechanical weakness areas change shape.

Abstract: An air filter housing for is disclosed. The air filter housing is created by a base filter section and a top filter section. The top filter section is a hood of a vehicle. This allows the filter to be changed and inspected by simply lifting up the vehicle hood. Air channels are formed in a bottom portion of a two-layer hood allowing air to be delivered to the air intake of a combustion engine. The hood interfaces with the base filter housing section and seals the filter by pressure created by the hood.

Abstract: A front end arrangement of a motor vehicle has a front end module (4) that is fastened directly or indirectly to vehicle longitudinal carriers of a vehicle body arrangement which delimit an engine compartment (10). At least one cooling apparatus (12) is mounted in a floating manner on that side of the front end module (4) that is directed toward the engine compartment (10). At least one air guide duct is fastened to the front end module (4) and is provided with at least one air guide arrangement (18). The air guide arrangement (18) is connected via fastening means (19) to the cooling apparatus (12).

Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments associated with a bracket for mounting a snorkel to one or more roof rack attachment points of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the bracket comprises a vehicle mounted portion and a snorkel mount portion. The vehicle mounted portion comprises one or more mounting holes. Additionally, values for one or more characteristics of the mounting holes are selected based, at least in part, on the one or more roof rack attachment points. The snorkel mount portion is coupled to the vehicle mounted portion. The snorkel mount portion comprises one or more snorkel attachment holes.

Abstract: A saddled vehicle includes a rear fender that is arranged along an outer circumferential side of a rear wheel, a chamber portion that is arranged on a front side of the rear wheel and is provided on the outer circumferential side of the rear wheel from a mudguard surface of the rear fender facing the rear wheel, and an atmospheric air introduction pipe that is connected to the chamber portion and introduces atmospheric air to a canister.

Abstract: An agricultural vehicle is disclosed having an engine compartment. A cooling package is mounted near a forward end of the engine compartment, the cooling packaging including heat exchangers that are movable relative to one another between an operating position and a cleaning position. The engine is mounted near a rearward end of the engine compartment. The engine is fitted with an intake air duct leading from the engine to the forward end of the engine compartment to allow intake air to be admitted into the engine while bypassing the cooling package and thereby avoiding the engine intake air being heated. The intake air duct is articulated so as not to interfere with the movement of the heat exchangers of the cooling package between the operating and cleaning positions.

Abstract: A grille for a vehicle is disclosed. The grille is configured to be arranged in front of at least one heat exchanger of the vehicle and includes a plurality of grille bars arranged at a distance from one other. A respective portion of each of the plurality of grille bars is airfoil-shaped.

Abstract: An air intake assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle-forward air intake inlet, an airflow diverter opening, and a moisture-diverting gutter surrounding a portion of the vehicle-forward air intake inlet. The moisture-diverting gutter may surround at least a top and opposed sides of the vehicle-forward air intake inlet. The assembly further includes an air intake inlet shield which may define a slope. The airflow diverter opening may be positioned below the vehicle-forward air intake inlet.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame, a powertrain assembly, a front suspension assembly, and a rear suspension assembly. A cargo bed may be supported by the frame at the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes an operator seat and at least one passenger seat positioned within an operator area. In one embodiment, the vehicle includes doors to enclose the operator area.

Abstract: There is provided a technique of improving an intake structure that takes in the outside air in a fuel cell vehicle. A fuel cell vehicle 10 includes first and second grilles 11 and 12 that are configured to be open forward and take in the outside air. An air intake 100 is placed in a vehicle inner space 10r of the fuel cell vehicle 10. The air intake 100 is placed in a location behind and above the first grille 11 and is configured to take in the air as a reactive gas that is to be supplied to a fuel cell 21. A flow path member 120 is placed in a location in front of and below the air intake 100 and behind the first grille 11. The flow path member 120 has an inclined wall portion 121 that is arranged to face the first grille 11 and is inclined obliquely upward from front to rear.

Abstract: An assembly for forming an air-guiding element for a motor vehicle has a shell-shaped air-guiding body and a brake lamp. The air-guiding body has an elongated opening which extends through the air-guiding body. The air-guiding body portion is arranged below the brake lamp. The retention side of the air-guiding body portion faces toward the retention side of the brake lamp. Both the brake light and the spoiler include mating retention elements which are both hook shaped to hold the lamp in position.

Abstract: An air guide structure has a bumper fascia extended in a vehicle width direction at a front end part of a vehicle and having an opening capable of collecting wind generated while the vehicle is running, a radiator arranged behind the bumper fascia, a bumper reinforce arranged between the bumper fascia and the radiator and forming an air passage in the vehicle width direction, and a closed space defined with a rear shield plate arranged on a rear side, side shield plates forwardly extended from left and right sides of the rear shield plate, respectively, a bottom shield plate arranged at lower parts of the rear shield plate and side shield plates, a ceiling shield plate arranged at an upper part opposite to the bottom shield plate, and a front shield plate spaced away from and faced toward the rear shield plate.

Abstract: A front module (7) of a motor vehicle has vehicle front-side air guiding element (1) for a vehicle radiator, and has a foam crash element (6) that is positioned in front of the air guiding element (1) on the front side. The air guiding element (1) is fastened to the foam crash element (6) at least in a part region. The front module ensures particularly satisfactory dimensional and positional stabilization of the air guiding element (1).

Abstract: A wheel loader includes a cab, steps provided beside the cab, an engine disposed to the rear of the cab, a vehicle body cover covering the engine, and an air cleaner. The air cleaner has a filter exchangeable by being pulled out horizontally. The air cleaner is connected to the engine via an intake pipe. The air cleaner is disposed to an outside of the vehicle body cover and to the rear of the cab, and is disposed in a slanted manner so that a side from which the filter is pulled out is further away from the cab than an opposite side.

Abstract: A saddle type vehicle including a frame of a monocoque structure having an air cleaner wherein the sealing property can be secured. An air cleaner includes a filter element disposed in a hollow main frame to partition the main frame into a dirty side region and a clean side region. An intake path member connects an engine below the main frame to the clean side region. A communicating opening for communicating with the engine is formed on a lower face side of the clean side region. The communicating opening is covered with a lid member. The lid member includes a first plate member with a communicating hole in which the intake path member to the engine is inserted, a second plate member for surrounding an outer periphery of the first plate member, and an elastic member provided between the first plate member and the second plate member.

Abstract: An air intake system for a saddle-ride vehicle for facilitating the intake of fresh air and for enabling a discharge of excess pressure in an air cleaner box. The system includes an air cleaner box with an air cleaner element housed in an air cleaner case and an intake duct connected to the air cleaner box with an intake port open toward a vehicle front side, in which the intake duct has a duct opening oriented outward of the duct between the intake port and the air cleaner box. The air cleaner box includes parts for connecting the intake duct, a connecting tube and also case openings oriented outward of the case.

Abstract: A hood assembly is disclosed for use with a machine having a power source and an operator station. The hood assembly may have a hood configured to at least partially cover the power source, and a hinge located at an end of the hood away from the operator station. The hood assembly may also have a fender located at a transverse side of the hood, and a handle formed within one of the fender and the hood at an end near the operator station.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section and a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section. A storage space is disposed rearwardly of the seat section and downwardly of the load-carrying platform, the storage space extending in a lateral width direction of the vehicle body, and the storage space opening toward a lateral side of the vehicle body.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine including: an upper slewing body including an upper frame; an engine room on the rear portion of the upper frame; a cabin on the front portion on the right or left side of the upper frame; a plurality of tanks including a fuel tank and a hydraulic tank installed on the upper frame; an air cleaner; a center foothold on the intermediate portion in the width direction of the upper frame and forward of the engine room; and a climbing step at the opposite side to the cabin. A first tank of the plurality of tanks is placed on a portion on the right or left side of the upper frame, and a second tank is arranged on a portion between the cabin and the engine room on the opposite side to the first tank. The air cleaner is superposed on the second tank.

Abstract: An intake structure for a motorcycle provides an intake air flow passage in a fuel tank arranged at an upper portion of a vehicle body. Left and right upper tank members are provided at an upper portion of a vehicle body. The upper tank portions are each provided with a recessed portion that is opened upward and inward. A tank wall, having an L-shaped cross section, extends rearward and subsequently downward. An upper opening of the recessed portion is covered with a lid member, and thereby, the recessed portion effectively functions as an air-supply passage leading to an interior portion of an air cleaners.

Abstract: A straddle-riding vehicle includes a vehicle body frame including an engine supporting portion that supports an engine and a front wheel supporting portion arranged in front of the engine supporting portion, wherein a wheel supporting arm that supports the front wheel and a suspension arm that supports the wheel supporting arm are mounted to the front wheel supporting portion. At least a portion of a secondary air introduction unit that introduces secondary air into an exhaust passage of the engine is positioned directly behind the front wheel supporting portion.

Abstract: A working vehicle includes a traveling machine assembly, a drive unit, a bonnet configured to cover the drive unit, and a cover provided below the bonnet and configured to be removably attached to the traveling machine assembly, including a main body portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the traveling machine assembly, a first male engagement portion provided at a front end portion of the main body portion, a second male engagement portion provided at a rear end portion of the main body portion, and a third male engagement portion provided at a lower end portion of the main body portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to air intake systems and methods for manufacturing the same. Systems include an air inlet that defines a slope equal to a vertical distance between a surface of a fascia shield and a surface of the engine intake channel, divided by a longitudinal distance between the shield and engine intake channel. Unwanted moisture and debris is filtered from the engine intake channel.

Abstract: Provide is a construction machine allowing an air cleaner to be located entirely low while securing dust-discharge function thereof, with no risk of adverse effects such as diffusion of dusts and complication in structure. The construction machine includes an engine and an air cleaner connected to an intake-side portion of the engine to filter intake air. The air cleaner includes an air-cleaner main body which filters the intake air and an evacuator which discharges dusts separated from the intake air and protrudes downward beyond the air-cleaner main body. The air-cleaner main body is placed on an air-cleaner placement surface, the evacuator protruding downward beyond the air-cleaner placement surface at a position deviated outward from the air-cleaner placement surface.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine including: an upper slewing body including an upper frame; an engine room on the rear portion of the upper frame; a cabin on the front portion on the right or left side of the upper frame; a plurality of tanks including a fuel tank and a hydraulic tank installed on the upper frame; an air cleaner; a center foothold on the intermediate portion in the width direction of the upper frame and forward of the engine room; and a climbing step at the opposite side to the cabin. A first tank of the plurality of tanks is placed on a portion on the right or left side of the upper frame, and a second tank is arranged on a portion between the cabin and the engine room on the opposite side to the first tank. The air cleaner is superposed on the second tank.