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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Hitoshi Kino, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Hidetoshi Ishihara, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Takahiro Komori, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Yoshikazu Hirose, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Katsumi Yokohashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Nisshin, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An intake duct for introducing outside air into an air cleaner of an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a hollow duct body with an opening, and a piece of non-woven fabric, formed in a flat shape, is joined to the duct body to close the opening. The duct body includes a circumferential wall formed of a resin, and the opening is formed along a plane extending through a portion of the circumferential wall. The piece of non-woven fabric is fixed to the duct body so that some of the resin of the duct body penetrates into the non-woven fabric.