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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Ryusuke Kimura, Ichinomiya, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An air cleaner includes a housing and a filter element located within the housing. The housing includes a housing body and a fiber molding assembly. The housing body is formed by a plastic molding. The housing body has a wall located upstream of the filter element in an air flow direction and a recess, which is an inwardly recessed part of the wall. The fiber molding assembly is fixed to the wall, covers the recess from outside, and forms a part of a side wall of an inlet passage together with the recess. A communication hole for communication between the inlet passage and an interior of the housing body is formed in the recess.