Insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner and engine intake system therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9664149-B2
Application number	US-201414550004-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2014
Priority date	Jul 29, 2014
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

An insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner may include an air cleaner body having a filter chamber in which air is introduced from an outside, the filter chamber having a chamber space provided with a filter, the chamber space being covered by an air cleaner cover, an expansion pipe chamber connected to the filter chamber such that the introduced air is discharged from the expansion pipe chamber to the outside, and a female passage boss through which the introduced air passes from the filter chamber to the expansion pipe chamber by having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the expansion pipe chamber while the female passage boss divides the filter chamber and the expansion pipe chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner comprising:
an air cleaner body including:
a filter chamber in which air is introduced from an outside, the filter chamber having a chamber space provided with a filter, the chamber space being covered by an air cleaner cover;
an expansion pipe chamber connected to the filter chamber such that the introduced air is discharged from the expansion pipe chamber to the outside; and
a female passage boss through which the introduced air passes from the filter chamber to the expansion pipe chamber by having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the expansion pipe chamber while the female passage boss divides the filter chamber and the expansion pipe chamber,

wherein the air cleaner cover is formed with a male passage boss protruding from the air cleaner cover such that the male passage boss is inserted into the female passage boss, and a sealing ring is fitted to the female passage boss.

2. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the filter chamber is formed with an air inlet through which the air is introduced, the expansion pipe chamber is formed with an air outlet through which the air is discharged, and the air outlet is formed at a portion of the expansion pipe chamber deviated from the filter chamber.

3. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the air cleaner cover includes fixtures protruding to a peripheral portion of the male passage boss, and the fixtures are fixedly fitted to a peripheral portion of the female passage boss.

4. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 3 , wherein the female passage boss includes first and second female passage bosses distinguished from each other, the male passage boss includes first and second male passage bosses distinguished from each other, and the fixtures include:
a first fixture fitted to a groove at an intermediate portion at which the first female passage boss comes into contact with the second female passage boss;
a second fixture fitted to a groove at a left portion of the first male passage boss; and
a third fixture fitted to a groove at a right portion of the second male passage boss.

5. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 4 , wherein each of the first and second female passage bosses and the first and second male passage bosses forms an oval air passage hole.

6. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the expansion pipe chamber is provided with a compression/sound absorption duct for reducing discharge noise due to a flow of the air discharged to the outside, and the compression/sound absorption duct protrudes from a bottom surface of the expansion pipe chamber.

7. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising a hook coupling a portion of the air cleaner cover, which is not coupled to the female passage boss, to a portion of the filter chamber, wherein the hook acts as a hinge point of the air cleaner cover when the air cleaner cover is separated from the female passage boss.

8. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 7 , wherein the hook includes a hinge strap formed at a portion of the filter chamber and a hinge boss formed at the portion of the air cleaner cover.

9. The insert type expansion pipe-integrated air cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the expansion pipe chamber is coupled to an air cleaner cap, and the air cleaner cap blocks a chamber space in the expansion pipe chamber from the outside, the introduced air being discharged from the chamber space to the outside.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Seo Yong-Gyo
• Kwak Seong-Youn

Classifications

• F02M35/0204 Primary

  for connecting or joining to other devices, e.g. pipes · CPC title

• F02M35/1272

  using absorbing, damping, insulating or reflecting materials, e.g. porous foams, fibres, rubbers, fabrics, coatings or membranes · CPC title

• F02M35/044

  Special arrangements of cleaners in or with respect to the air intake system, e.g. in the intake plenum, in ducts or with respect to carburettors · CPC title

• F02M35/02491

  Flat filter elements, e.g. rectangular · CPC title

• F02M35/02416

  Fixing, mounting, supporting or arranging filter elements; Filter element cartridges · CPC title