Intake device of an internal combustion engine

Claim 1

An intake device of a motor vehicle having a pair of fender panels that define an engine compartment therebetween, a radiator support member which has a top face and extends between the fender panels for supporting a radiator; and an engine hood which has a bottom face approachable to the top face of the radiator support member when the engine hood covers the engine compartment, said intake device comprising: first seal means arranged between the top face of said radiator support member and the bottom face of said engine hood and having a cutaway portion of a given transverse width; second seal means arranged between the top face of said radiator support member and the bottom face of said engine hood and upstream of said cutaway portion; and an air cleaner arranged within said engine compartment and having an air suction inlet disposed immediately behind said cutaway portion wherein said first seal means comprises a pair of band-like seal members each having an inside end that defines said cutaway portion, said seal members extending along said radiator support member from the center of said radiator support member to the opposite ends thereof; said second seal means consists of a band-like seal member extending transversely along said radiator support member and having a transverse width that is slightly larger than the transverse width of said cutaway portion such that said second seal means covers the entirety of said cutaway portion; the top face of said radiator support member extends between and interconnects said pair of fender panels and comprises a substantially vertical intermediate top wall portion, a substantially horizontal rear top wall portion extending backward from an upper end of said intermediate top wall portion and a substantially horizontal front top wall portion extending forward from a lower end of said intermediate top wall portion, and the bottom wall of said engine hood comprises a substantially vertical bottom wall portion, a substantially horizontal rear bottom wall portion horizontally extending backward from an upper end of said vertical bottom wall portion and facing said horizontal rear top wall portion of said radiator support member, and a substantially horizontal front bottom wall portion which horizontally extends forward from a lower end of said vertical bottom wall portion and faces said horizontal front top wall portion of said radiator support member; and said first seal means is mounted so as to be secured between said horizontal rear top wall portion of said radiator support member and said horizontal rear bottom wall portion, and said second seal means is arranged between said horizontal front top wall portion of said radiator support member and said horizontal front bottom wall portion of said engine hood.