JPH0121035B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPH0121035B2
JPH0121035B2 JP57170214A JP17021482A JPH0121035B2 JP H0121035 B2 JPH0121035 B2 JP H0121035B2 JP 57170214 A JP57170214 A JP 57170214A JP 17021482 A JP17021482 A JP 17021482A JP H0121035 B2 JPH0121035 B2 JP H0121035B2
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JP
Japan
Prior art keywords
air cleaner
cover
opening
cleaner element
main pipe
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
JP57170214A
Other languages
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JPS5959523A (en
Inventor
Takashi Shinozaki
Satoshi Ishikawa
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Honda Motor Co Ltd
Original Assignee
Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Honda Motor Co Ltd filed Critical Honda Motor Co Ltd
Priority to JP57170214A priority Critical patent/JPS5959523A/en
Priority to US06/536,245 priority patent/US4648474A/en
Priority to FR8315519A priority patent/FR2533633B1/en
Publication of JPS5959523A publication Critical patent/JPS5959523A/en
Publication of JPH0121035B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0121035B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M35/00Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M35/16Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines characterised by use in vehicles
    • F02M35/162Motorcycles; All-terrain vehicles, e.g. quads, snowmobiles; Small vehicles, e.g. forklifts
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B61/00Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing
    • F02B61/02Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing for driving cycles
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M35/00Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M35/02Air cleaners
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M35/00Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M35/10Air intakes; Induction systems
    • F02M35/104Intake manifolds
    • F02M35/116Intake manifolds for engines with cylinders in V-arrangement or arranged oppositely relative to the main shaft

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Automatic Cycles, And Cycles In General (AREA)

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 本発明は自動二輪車のエアクリーナ装置に関す
る。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an air cleaner device for a motorcycle.

車体フレームを構成するメインパイプを箱形に
成形し、該メインパイプの内部を空気導入経路の
一部として利用するとともに、該メインパイプ上
面を大きく開口し、メインパイプ内部にエアクリ
ーナエレメントを内蔵する式の自動二輪車のエア
クリーナ装置が提案される。
A type in which the main pipe that makes up the vehicle body frame is formed into a box shape, the inside of the main pipe is used as part of the air introduction path, the top surface of the main pipe is wide open, and the air cleaner element is built inside the main pipe. An air cleaner device for a motorcycle is proposed.

ところで、上記エアクリーナエレメントは使用
とともに劣化するため定期的に交換する必要があ
り、従つて該エレメントの取付けにはメインテナ
ンス性の観点から特別の工夫を要する。
By the way, the above-mentioned air cleaner element deteriorates with use and needs to be replaced periodically. Therefore, special measures are required to install the element from the viewpoint of maintainability.

本発明は斯る事情に鑑み成されたもので、その
目的とする処は、メインパイプの上部開口部を一
体成形カバーで閉塞するとともに、該カバーにエ
アクリーナエレメントを着脱自在に支持せしめる
ことにより、エアクリーナエレメントの交換が容
易に行えるメインテナンス性の高い自動二輪車の
エアクリーナ装置を提供するにある。
The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to close the upper opening of the main pipe with an integrally molded cover, and to detachably support an air cleaner element on the cover. To provide an air cleaner device for a motorcycle with high maintainability in which an air cleaner element can be easily replaced.

以上の目的を達成するために、本発明は車体フ
レームを構成するメインパイプの上面に形成され
る開口部と、前記開口部を気密的、且つ着脱自在
に閉塞するカバーと、前記カバーに内面側から気
密的、且つ着脱自在に固定されるエアクリーナエ
レメントとを設け、前記カバー及び前記エアクリ
ーナエレメントで画成される空間と、外部とを連
通する開口部を前記カバーに形成するとともに、
前記エアクリーナエレメントを前記開口部内に臨
ませた。
In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention includes an opening formed on the upper surface of a main pipe constituting a vehicle body frame, a cover that airtightly and removably closes the opening, and an inner surface of the cover. an air cleaner element that is airtightly and removably fixed to the air cleaner element, and an opening that communicates the space defined by the cover and the air cleaner element with the outside is formed in the cover;
The air cleaner element faced into the opening.

斯かる構成の本考案によれば、カバーにエアク
リーナエレメントを着脱自在に支持固定したた
め、カバーとエアクリーナエレメントとを一体化
に取外し、その後エアクリーナエレメントを分離
して容易に新しいものと交換することができる。
According to the present invention having such a configuration, since the air cleaner element is detachably supported and fixed to the cover, the cover and the air cleaner element can be removed as a unit, and then the air cleaner element can be separated and easily replaced with a new one. .

以下に本発明の好適一実施例を添付図面に基づ
いて詳述する。
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

第1図は自動二輪車の全体側面図、第2図は同
自動二輪車のエアクリーナ装置部の拡大破断側面
図である。
FIG. 1 is an overall side view of the motorcycle, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged cutaway side view of an air cleaner device section of the motorcycle.

第1図に示す自動二輪車1の車体フレーム2の
前端にはヘツドパイプ3が固着されており、該へ
ツドパイプ3にはステムシヤフトが回動自在に挿
通し、スラムシヤフト上端には図示の如くハンド
ル4が固設されている。又ステムシヤフトにはト
ツプ、ボトム両ブリツジ5,6を介してフロント
フオーク7の上端が固定され、該フロントフオー
ク7の下端には操向輪を成す前輪8が回転自在に
支承されている。
A head pipe 3 is fixed to the front end of the body frame 2 of the motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. is permanently installed. Further, the upper end of a front fork 7 is fixed to the stem shaft via both top and bottom bridges 5 and 6, and a front wheel 8 forming a steering wheel is rotatably supported at the lower end of the front fork 7.

一方、前記ヘツドパイプ3の後方には燃料タン
ク9及びシート10が配設され、燃料タンク9の
下方には前方シリンダ11aと後方シリンダ11bと
がV形を成すV形エンジン11が搭載されてい
る。そして、前方シリンダ11aからは排気管23
が、後方シリンダ11bからは排気管25が夫々接
続されており、各排気管23,25には排気マフ
ラー24,26が接続されている。
On the other hand, a fuel tank 9 and a seat 10 are arranged behind the head pipe 3, and a V-shaped engine 11 is mounted below the fuel tank 9, in which a front cylinder 11a and a rear cylinder 11b form a V-shape. From the front cylinder 11a, an exhaust pipe 23
However, exhaust pipes 25 are connected to the rear cylinders 11b, and exhaust mufflers 24 and 26 are connected to the exhaust pipes 23 and 25, respectively.

又車体フレーム2を構成するダウンパイプロア
2aの屈曲部基部にはリヤフオーク12の前端が
ピボツトシヤフト13にて上下揺動自在に枢着さ
れており、該リヤフオーク12の後端には駆動輪
を成す後輪14が回転自在に支承されている。尚
このリヤフオーク12は不図示のリンク機構を介
して車体側に懸架されている。
Also, the down pipe lower that constitutes the vehicle body frame 2
The front end of a rear fork 12 is pivotally attached to the base of the bent portion 2a by a pivot shaft 13 so as to be able to swing up and down, and a rear wheel 14, which serves as a driving wheel, is rotatably supported at the rear end of the rear fork 12. . Note that this rear fork 12 is suspended on the vehicle body side via a link mechanism (not shown).

ところで、前記燃料タンク9で囲まれる部分に
はその前端に前記ヘツドパイプ3を固着して成る
メインパイプ15が配されている。このメインパ
イプ15は薄鋼板で箱形にプレス成形され、これ
の上面には大きな開口部15aが設けられている。
Incidentally, in a portion surrounded by the fuel tank 9, a main pipe 15 having the head pipe 3 fixedly attached to its front end is disposed. This main pipe 15 is press-formed into a box shape from a thin steel plate, and has a large opening 15a in its upper surface.

そして、上記メインパイプ15の開口部15a周
縁には比較的厚い鋼板で成形される補強プレート
16が固着されている。
A reinforcing plate 16 made of a relatively thick steel plate is fixed to the periphery of the opening 15a of the main pipe 15.

又メインパイプ15の開口部15aから該メイン
パイプ15内にはエアクリーナケース17が臨
み、該ケース17内には側断面U字状のエアクリ
ーナエレメント18が収納されている。
Further, an air cleaner case 17 faces into the main pipe 15 from an opening 15a of the main pipe 15, and an air cleaner element 18 having a U-shaped side cross section is housed within the case 17.

一方、メインパイプ15の上面開口部15aは樹
脂等で一体成形されたカバー19にて閉塞されて
おり、該カバー19には前記エアクリーナケース
17がカバー19の中央に挿通するボルト20に
て着脱自在に取付支持され、空間Rを画成してい
る。又カバー19は第2図に示す如く空間Rと外
部とを連通するインレツトチユーブ21を内部に
支持している。
On the other hand, the upper surface opening 15a of the main pipe 15 is closed by a cover 19 integrally molded with resin or the like, and the air cleaner case 17 can be attached to and detached from the cover 19 with a bolt 20 inserted through the center of the cover 19. The space R is defined by the space R. Further, the cover 19 internally supports an inlet tube 21 that communicates the space R with the outside as shown in FIG.

而して、カバー19を取外せば、これと一体に
エアクリーナケース17及びこれに収納されるエ
アクリーナエレメント18が外れる。その後、ボ
ルト20を弛めてエアクリーナケース17をカバ
ー19から分離すれば、エアクリーナエレメント
18の交換は容易に成され、メインテナンス性が
向上する。
When the cover 19 is removed, the air cleaner case 17 and the air cleaner element 18 housed therein are removed together with it. Thereafter, by loosening the bolts 20 and separating the air cleaner case 17 from the cover 19, the air cleaner element 18 can be easily replaced, improving maintainability.

ところで、空気は前記インレツトチユーブ21
を経てカバー19内部に導入され、更にエアクリ
ーナエレメント18を通過して浄化された後、メ
インパイプ15内部に流入し、該メインパイプ1
5の内部にその空気導入口が開口する不図示のキ
ヤブレターに導かれ、ここで露化された燃料と混
合する。斯くして形成された混合気はエンジン1
1の前方シリンダ11a及び後方シリンダ11b
内に導かれ、燃焼せしめられる。
By the way, the air is in the inlet tube 21.
After passing through the air cleaner element 18 and being purified, it flows into the main pipe 15 and the main pipe 1
The air is introduced into a carburetor (not shown) having an air inlet opening inside the fuel cell 5, where it is mixed with the exposed fuel. The mixture thus formed is used in engine 1.
1 front cylinder 11a and rear cylinder 11b
It is led inside and burned.

ところで、エアクリーナエレメント18は使用
とともに劣化するが、これの交換は前述の如く、
カバー19をクリーナケース17及びエレメント
18と一体に取外した後、ボルト20を弛めてク
リーナケース17及びエレメント18をカバー1
9と分離し、エレメント18を新しいものと取り
換えることにより容易に成されるため、エアクリ
ーナ装置のメインテナンス性は著しく向上する。
By the way, the air cleaner element 18 deteriorates with use, but as mentioned above, it is necessary to replace it.
After removing the cover 19 together with the cleaner case 17 and element 18, loosen the bolts 20 and remove the cleaner case 17 and element 18 from the cover 1.
This can be easily accomplished by separating the element 9 and replacing the element 18 with a new one, thereby significantly improving the maintainability of the air cleaner device.

以上の説明で明らかな如く本発明によれば、メ
インパイプの上部開口部を一体成形カバーで閉塞
するとともに、該カバーにエアクリーナエレメン
トを着脱自在に支持せしめたため、カバーをエア
クリーナエレメント一体に取外し、その後エアク
リーナエレメントをカバーから分離して新しいも
のと取り換えることにより、容易にエアクリーナ
エレメントの交換を行うことができ、エアクリー
ナ装置のメインテナンス性を高めることができ
る。
As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the upper opening of the main pipe is closed with an integrally molded cover, and the air cleaner element is detachably supported on the cover, so that the cover can be removed together with the air cleaner element, and then By separating the air cleaner element from the cover and replacing it with a new one, the air cleaner element can be easily replaced and the maintainability of the air cleaner device can be improved.

また、エアクリーナエレメントが閉口部に臨ん
でいるため、該エアクリーナエレメントの保護が
有効に行なえる他、エアクリーナエレメントの外
表面積を拡大しその濾過性能を向上させることが
できる。
Further, since the air cleaner element faces the closed portion, the air cleaner element can be effectively protected, and the outer surface area of the air cleaner element can be expanded to improve its filtration performance.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

図面は本発明の一実施例を示すものであり、第
1図は自動二輪車の全体側面図、第2図は同自動
二輪車のエアクリーナ装置部の拡大破断側面図で
ある。 尚図面中1は自動二輪車、9は燃料タンク、1
5はメインパイプ、17はエアクリーナケース、
18はエアクリーナエレメント、19はカバー、
20はボルト、21はインレツトチユーブであ
る。
The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a motorcycle, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged cutaway side view of an air cleaner device section of the motorcycle. In addition, 1 in the drawing is a motorcycle, 9 is a fuel tank, 1
5 is the main pipe, 17 is the air cleaner case,
18 is an air cleaner element, 19 is a cover,
20 is a bolt, and 21 is an inlet tube.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 1 車体フレームを構成するメインパイプの上面
に形成される開口部と、 前記開口部を気密的、且つ着脱自在に閉塞する
カバーと、 前記カバーに内面側から気密的、且つ着脱自在
に固定されるエアクリーナエレメントとを設け、 前記カバー及び前記エアクリーナエレメントで
画成される空間と、外部とを連通する開口部を前
記カバーに形成するとともに、 前記エアクリーナエレメントを前記開口部内に
臨ませたことを特徴とする自動二輪車のエアクリ
ーナ装置。
[Scope of Claims] 1. An opening formed on the upper surface of the main pipe constituting the vehicle body frame; a cover that airtightly and removably closes the opening; and a cover that airtightly and detachably closes the opening from the inner side. an air cleaner element that is detachably fixed, an opening that communicates the space defined by the cover and the air cleaner element with the outside, and an opening that communicates with the outside, and the air cleaner element faces into the opening. An air cleaner device for a motorcycle, which is characterized by:
JP57170214A 1982-09-29 1982-09-29 Air cleaner device for motorcycle Granted JPS5959523A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP57170214A JPS5959523A (en) 1982-09-29 1982-09-29 Air cleaner device for motorcycle
US06/536,245 US4648474A (en) 1982-09-29 1983-09-27 Air cleaner system for motorcycles
FR8315519A FR2533633B1 (en) 1982-09-29 1983-09-29 AIR FILTER DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP57170214A JPS5959523A (en) 1982-09-29 1982-09-29 Air cleaner device for motorcycle

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS5959523A JPS5959523A (en) 1984-04-05
JPH0121035B2 true JPH0121035B2 (en) 1989-04-19

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JP57170214A Granted JPS5959523A (en) 1982-09-29 1982-09-29 Air cleaner device for motorcycle

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