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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Hajime Utsumi, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Imaizumi, Hyogo, JP;
Tigers Polymer Corporation, Toyonaka, JP;
Abstract
The suction apparatus comprises an apparatus main body which is divided into lower and upper box bodies and . In the apparatus main body, there are stored a first duct for sucking in air from the open air, a resonator connected to the first duct, a cleaner for cleaning the sucked-in air, and a second duct for sending out the air, after it has passed through the cleaner, into the internal combustion engine. A plurality of ribs , which are situated in the suction openings of the second duct and are used to reinforce the upper box body , are respectively inclined at an angle conformed to the installation angle &thgr; of the second duct , whereby the ribs can contribute toward guiding the flow of the air.