An apparatus for improving cooling performance of an engine room in a vehicle, may include an air duct connected to an air cleaner to serve as a moving guide of fresh air; a duct flap installed to open and close some section of the air duct and operated to supply all the fresh air introduced into the air duct when the air duct is in a closed state to the air cleaner and discharge some of the fresh air introduced into the air duct when the air duct is in an opened state to a space of a high temperature part of the engine room; and an actuator supplying power to the duct flap to perform an opening and closing operation of the duct flap.

An air pre-filter assembly is provided for installation in the OEM air inlet of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle. The pre-filter assembly includes a polyester fiber filter retained in the inlet duct by a spring-clip or a ring. The pre-filter and ring reside completely within the air duct, and requires no additional structure. The pre-filter assembly is located upstream from the primary filter, and can be replaced or removed for cleaning, as needed.

A two-wheeled vehicle is provided including a frame, front and rear ground-engaging members each supporting the frame, a straddle-type seat, a handlebar for steering the vehicle, at least one light device configured to operate in a hazard mode, an engine supported by the frame and operably coupled to the ground-engaging members, a tilt sensor, and a vehicle control unit in communication with the tilt sensor. The vehicle control unit is operative to detect a tilt angle of the vehicle based on output from the tilt sensor. The vehicle control unit is operative to determine a tip-over condition of the vehicle based on the detected tilt angle exceeding a threshold tilt angle. The vehicle control unit activates the hazard mode of the at least one light in response to the determination of the tip-over condition.

A straddled vehicle includes a duct part formed integrally with a lower case of an air cleaner and extending forward from the lower case in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a side cover including a duct formation portion placed outward of the duct part in a vehicle width direction. At least a portion of the side cover is assembled onto the duct part. A duct is defined by the duct part and the duct formation portion of the side cover.

A system for capturing cleaner intake air for use within an air intake system of a work vehicle may generally include an intake duct defining an inlet for receiving air and at least one actuator associated with the intake duct. The actuator(s) may be configured to move at least a portion of the intake duct so as to adjust a position of the inlet relative to a fixed reference location on the work vehicle. In addition, the system may include at least one sensor configured to monitor an air-related parameter associated with the work vehicle and a controller communicatively coupled to the actuator(s) and the sensor(s). The controller may be configured to actively control the operation of the actuator(s) such that the position of the inlet is adjusted based on the air-related parameter so as to reduce an amount of particulates received within the intake duct.

An air duct for a vehicle functions to reduce intake noise and includes an outer housing configured having a pipe shape so that outside air is introduced into an engine therethrough. The air duct also has an inner pipe fixed in the outer housing so that an outer surface of the inner pipe is spaced apart from an inner surface of the outer housing, thereby partitioning the inside of the outer housing in a radial direction. A space between the inner pipe and the outer housing communicates with the inside of the inner pipe.

An intake system component arranged in an engine compartment of a vehicle includes a side wall that forms an intake passage. The side wall includes a non-breathable layer, an inner noise absorption layer, and an outer noise absorption layer. The non-breathable layer is formed from a non-breathable material. The inner noise absorption layer is located at an inner side of the non-breathable layer and formed from a breathable material. The outer noise absorption layer is located at an outer side of the non-breathable layer and formed from a breathable material.

An motorcycle air intake structure includes: a container divided by a main baffle into two distinct chambers: a first chamber communicating externally and a second chamber communicating with a throttled body via a feeding duct; the two chambers separated by an air filter, positioned at the main baffle, the first and second chambers extending longitudinally side-by-side defining opposite sides of the air intake structure. The air intake further includes a pre-chamber accessing the first chamber, separated therefrom by a cross wall and communicating therewith via an access duct crossing said wall, with an inlet end thereof arranged in the pre-chamber and an outlet end thereof arranged in the first chamber, the pre-chamber arranged on the front side with respect to a forward vehicle direction. The pre-chamber includes a front access mouth; and a diverting baffle interposed between the access mouth and the inlet end of the access duct.

An internal combustion engine capable of reducing an amount of dust taken from an outside air intake opening, with a simple configuration. The internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft, a cooling air intake device that houses a cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft and that includes a cooling air intake port, and an air cleaner device that feeds outside air to an air suction port to a cylinder, and the air cleaner device includes an outside air intake opening that opens toward the cooling air intake port.

A motor vehicle has an air intake system with an air duct. The air duct has an air inlet for taking in ambient air and an air outlet. The air duct has a curved bent section which, upstream, is closer to a vehicle running surface than downstream. In the event of a water level of water entering the air duct that is rising parallel to the vehicle running surface, the internal cross section of the bent section is closed by the water before the water can pass the bent section. A plurality of air openings downstream of the bent section is introduced through a wall of the duct in an outer surface of the duct that points away from the vehicle running surface.