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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/302 ; F01P 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/302 ; F01P 9/00 ;
Abstract
An intake apparatus is provided for an engine of a vehicle. The intake apparatus can introduce fresh air under the vehicle's large running wind pressure. The intake apparatus also allows the opening area and profile of an air inlet to be selected freely. The intake apparatus includes a pair of intake ducts for introducing the air into the engine and an air-introducing duct connected to respective upstream ends of the intake ducts to provide the air inlet . The air-introducing duct is formed independently of a cowling fitted to a front of the vehicle. The air-introducing duct has its leading end positioned ahead of a leading end of the cowling