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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2017
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryusuke Kimura, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yoshinori Inuzuka, Nishio, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine includes a first housing having an inlet and an upper opening, a second housing having an outlet and a lower opening, a filter element arranged between the upper opening of the first housing and the lower opening of the second housing. The first housing includes a sound reducing wall portion. The sound reducing wall portion has a sound absorbing layer, which is made of nonwoven fabric, and an inner covering layer, which is fixed to the inner surface of the sound absorbing layer and made of a material having a lower air permeability than that of the sound absorbing layer.