IP Library Granted Patent US 9,371,769
Granted Patent B2
US 9,371,769 · App. 14/595,767 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Engine equipped with secondary air supply device

Inventors: Yusuke Ninomiya (Wako-shi, JP); Chisako Takahashi (Wako-shi, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
F01P5/02F01N1/14F01N3/30F01N3/303F01N3/34F01N3/103F01N2260/16F01N2260/26F02B63/048F02M35/088
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Patent No.
US 9,371,769
App. No.
14/595,767
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine equipped with a secondary air supply device where a cylinder extends obliquely to define a space therebeneath, which includes: a cooling fan disposed laterally of the cylinder; a carburetor disposed closer to the space than the cooling fan; an exhaust muffler disposed opposite from the carburetor with the cylinder interposed therebetween and in communication with a cylinder head via an exhaust pipe; a secondary air introduction pipe connected to the exhaust pipe and extending from the exhaust pipe to the space so that its inlet end portion is located in the space; an intake nozzle provided in communication with the inlet end portion of the introduction pipe and having an opening portion that opens in an opposite direction from the cooling fan; and a partition wall disposed between the opening portion of the intake nozzle and the carburetor.

Claims (7)

1. An engine equipped with a secondary air supply device where a cylinder extends obliquely to define a space therebeneath, which comprises:

a cooling fan disposed laterally of the cylinder;

a carburetor disposed closer to the space than the cooling fan;

an exhaust muffler disposed opposite from the carburetor with the cylinder interposed therebetween and in communication with a cylinder head, provided on the cylinder, via an exhaust pipe;

a secondary air introduction pipe connected to the exhaust pipe and extending from the exhaust pipe to the space so that an inlet end portion of the secondary air introduction pipe is located in the space;

an intake nozzle provided in communication with the inlet end portion of the secondary air introduction pipe and having an opening portion that opens directly to the atmosphere such that air sucked in through the opening portion of the intake nozzle by exhaust pulsation of the engine is directed to the secondary air introduction pipe via the intake nozzle, the opening portion of the intake nozzle being located in the space and directed to open in an opposite direction from the cooling fan; and

a partition wall disposed between the opening portion of the intake nozzle and the carburetor, the partition wall supporting the intake nozzle and disposed between the opening portion of the intake nozzle and the cooling fan.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2015
From: NINOMIYA, YUSUKE; TAKAHASHI, CHISAKO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035030/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-056302 · Mar 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150267579A1 · Sep 24, 2015