Motor vehicles – Power – With means to guide and/or control combustion air for power...
Patent
1988-02-19
1993-03-23
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Power
With means to guide and/or control combustion air for power...
180229, B62K 504
Patent
active
RE0341991
ABSTRACT:
A motorcycle includes a fuel tank mounted on a frame along a length thereof, and an elongated seat mounted on the frame above the fuel tank along the length of said frame, the seat having a bottom having a portion extending along the length thereof and disposed in spaced opposed relation to an upper surface of the fuel tank to form an air intake passageway therebetween. The passageway has an open front end opening toward the front end of the frame and having a rear open end. The seat has a front end disposed near a front end of the fuel tank so that the seat covers generally the entire upper surface of the fuel tank. An air cleaner is operatively connected to an engine and is disposed rearwardly of the fuel tank. The rear open end of the passageway is in communication with the air cleaner whereby the ambient air can be fed to the air cleaner through the air intake passageway.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4484651 (1984-11-01), Hattori et al.
patent: 4496019 (1985-01-01), Tanaka
Asakura Toshimitsu
Tagami Tomoyuki
Camby Richard M.
Mitchell David M.
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