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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Takeji Kawazumi, Wako, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakashima, Wako, JP;
Shinya Iihoshi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 5/02 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes an intake device including a throttle body that is connected to a rear-side surface of a cylinder head which constitutes a part of an engine body which is mounted on a vehicle-body frame in a state where an axis of a crankshaft is arranged along the longitudinal direction. A sufficient clearance can be ensured between the intake device and a member which is arranged above the throttle body. A posture of the throttle bodyis set such that an axis Cof an intake passage formed in the throttle bodyextends in the rearward and downward direction.