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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Applicant:
Toru Taniguchi, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Toru Taniguchi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/00 (2006.01); F02M 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Air filtered through a filter element in a case is supplied via an air outlet port to a carburetor. Bottom plate of the case includes a support frame section bulging inwardly of the case. The support frame section includes a peripheral wall surrounding the periphery of the outlet port, a plurality of posts extending upward from the peripheral wall, and a canopy portion of a plate shape provided on the upper ends of the posts. Interior of the case and the outlet port are in communication with each other via a space between the posts, and the canopy portion covers the whole opening area of the outlet port.