MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514114084 A) filed by Suzuki Motor Corporation on November 20, 2025, for Water Blocking Structure For Intake Device.
Inventors include Yusuke Tsuji; and Atsumi Machino -.
The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.
Abstract: It is to provide a water blocking structure for an intake device capable of preventing a water from entering into an intake port of an intake duct both when a vehicle moves forward and when the vehicle moves backward on a flooded road. 5 Solution There is provided an intake duct 20 including: a duct portion 21 extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; an intake port 22 opening forward at a front end of the duct portion behind a vehicle body panel 11 or near; and a cover member 30 disposed within 10 an area including the below of the intake port and the outside of the duct portion in a vehicle width direction. The cover member includes: a horizontal wall 31 extending in the vehicle front-rear and width directions along a lower end of the duct portion, of which a front end 31A is located near the intake port; a lower wall 33 extending downward from the front end of 15 the horizontal wall; and an upper wall 32 extending upward from a rear end of the horizontal wall. [Selected drawing] FIG. 2
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