Patents Represented by Law Firm Cushmann Darby & Cushmann IP Group of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro
  • Patent number: 5826553
    Abstract: An air cleaner, a throttle, a surge tank and air-intake pipes of an intake manifold are combined in a unit and a fuel delivery pipe and fuel injectors are installed in the unit before the unit of an air-intake device is assembled to an internal combustion engine. Cases of the above members are integrally formed thereby to reduce the size of the device and material used for the device. A dusty-side of the air cleaner is disposed under a filter element to prevent dust and water from getting into the clean-side of the filter element when the element is removed to have serviced or inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakayama, Shuya Mikami, Yoshitaka Nishio, Akihide Yamaguchi, Masao Ino