| US 7,451,744 B2 | ||
| Forward mounting arrangement of a fuel injector in a vehicle | ||
| Takaaki Imamura, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/204,784. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-241762 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0037584 A1, Feb. 23, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. F02M 61/14 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—470 [123/184.21] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle comprising:
a body frame extending downward and to the rear of the vehicle;
an engine arranged below the body frame, a cylinder axis of the engine being oriented substantially horizontally and extending
in a forward direction of the vehicle; and
an intake passage arranged to supply air to the engine; and
a fuel injector mounted on a midsection of the intake passage and arranged to supply fuel to the engine; wherein
at least a portion of the fuel injector is arranged forward relative to a centerline of the intake passage, when viewed from
the side of the vehicle; and
the intake passage includes a first intake passage portion arranged to continue from an inlet port of the engine and extend
upward, a second intake passage portion arranged to continue from the first intake passage portion and have a section bent
in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, the fuel injector being mounted to the second intake passage portion, and a
third intake passage portion arranged to continue from the second intake passage portion and arranged forward of the fuel
injector and extended upward, and wherein the third intake passage portion is disposed so as not to cover a front side of
the fuel injector, when viewed from a front of the vehicle.
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