Engine equipped with secondary air supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9371769-B2
Application number	US-201514595767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	Mar 19, 2014
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ninomiya Yusuke
• Takahashi Chisako

Classifications

• F01N3/34

  using air conduits or jet air pumps, e.g. near the engine exhaust port · CPC title

• F01N2260/16

  for reducing exhaust flow pulsations · CPC title

• F01N3/303

  Filtering additional air · CPC title

• F02B63/048

  Portable engine-generator combinations · CPC title

• F01N2260/26

  for preventing enter of dirt into the device · CPC title