US 12,448,940 B2
Vehicle
Ryosuke Ohori, Akashi (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,450.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-184982 (JP), filed on Nov. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0167442 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. F02M 35/16 (2006.01); F01M 13/00 (2006.01); F02F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 35/162 (2013.01) [F01M 13/0033 (2013.01); F02F 7/0021 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an internal combustion engine used for traveling and including:
a crank case; and
a cylinder block connected to the crank case;
an air cleaner that purifies intake air to be supplied to the internal combustion engine;
a breather tube that is connected to the crank case and the air cleaner and supplies a gas in the crank case toward the air cleaner; and
a side stand located at a first side of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction,
wherein:
a connection portion between the breather tube and the crank case is located at the first side of a vehicle width direction middle of the cylinder block in the vehicle width direction;
and is located at the first side of an end surface of the cylinder block in the vehicle width direction and outside the end surface of the cylinder block, the end surface being located at the first side in the vehicle width direction; and
an opening of the breather tube which is located at the air cleaner side is located at a position that deviates from the vehicle width direction middle of the cylinder block toward a second side in the vehicle width direction.