US 12,442,353 B2
Off-road vehicle
Kengo Shimatani, Akashi (JP); and Yuuto Ogawa, Akashi (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,557.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027466 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. F02M 35/02 (2006.01); F02M 35/16 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 35/0201 (2013.01) [F02M 35/162 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An off-road vehicle, comprising:
an intake duct defining a clean conduit; and
an air cleaner connected to the intake duct, the air cleaner comprising:
an air cleaner case defining an internal space of the air cleaner; and
an air cleaner element contained in the air cleaner case and dividing the internal space into a dirty region and a clean region, the air cleaner element comprising a filter, the air cleaner case comprising:
an intake port facing the dirty region;
an exhaust port facing the clean region and communicating with the clean conduit of the intake duct; and
a cylinder protruding diagonally upward and toward the internal space, the cylinder having a protrusion end portion that defines the exhaust port and is inclined relative to an imaginary radial plane in an angle direction from the imaginary radial plane toward an imaginary vertical plane, the imaginary radial plane being orthogonal to an axis of the cylinder,
wherein the protrusion end portion of the cylinder is substantially along the imaginary vertical plane.