US 12,359,601 B2
Installation structure for air control device
Shinichi Yamada, Hamamatsu (JP); and Yuki Ryu, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/679,745.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-118384 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027433 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. F01N 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 3/30 (2013.01) [F01N 2270/00 (2013.01); F01N 2340/04 (2013.01); F01N 2590/04 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An installation structure for an air control device, the air control device being configured to control supply of secondary air from an air cleaner to an exhaust passage of an engine, the installation structure comprising:
a cylinder head is located above the engine,
a cylinder head cover is installed on the cylinder head,
a fuel tank is installed above the cylinder head cover, and
the air control device is installed on a lateral side of the cylinder head cover below the fuel tank;
wherein
a pair of left and right main frames extends from a head pipe toward a vehicle rear side
the fuel tank straddles the pair of left and right main frames,
the fuel tank is formed with outer side portions covering the pair of left and right main frames from lateral sides, and
the air control device is installed between the cylinder head cover and the outer side portion of the fuel tank, and a part of the air control device overlaps with the outer side portion of the fuel tank in a side view.