Hood air scoop
AssigneeK&N Engineering, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Richard Fiello, Steve Williams
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Abstract
An apparatus and a system is provided that may be utilized to provide stability to air flow through a hood scoop. The present invention may also be utilized to straighten and smooth out air flow through a hood scoop and accompanying air filter media. The present invention utilizes an air filtration media which may be inserted into at least a portion of a vehicle hood scoop and may filter out particulate and may also slow air flow down temporarily in order to straighten and/or smooth turbulent air flow through the air filtration media. Additionally, the present invention may provide an apparatus that may facilitate more uniform pressure inside the hood scoop of the vehicle.
Claims18
An apparatus for filtering and reducing turbulence of intake air flow to an engine of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an air scoop configured to be incorporated onto an exterior surface of the vehicle, the air scoop comprising a front opening and an internal cavity in fluid communication with an air intake system of the engine, and further wherein the front opening is utilized to accommodate intake of air into the engine of the vehicle, the internal cavity being partially enclosed by an exterior wall of the air scoop wherein a proximal lip is formed around the outside edge of the front opening;
- an air filter medium disposed within the internal cavity of the air scoop, such that the intake air flow to the engine is drawn through the air filter medium, the air filter medium being configured to remove particulate matter from the intake air flow;
- the air scoop having a convex top portion that tapers from the front opening towards a back portion;
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- an air flow director disposed in front of the air filter medium configured to cooperate and smooth air flow prior to the air filter medium to reduce turbulence of the intake air flow, thereby contributing to a laminar air flow through the internal cavity and into the air intake system of the engine.
An apparatus for filtering and reducing turbulence of intake air flow to an engine of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an air scoop comprising an oval shaped conduit having an interior cavity extending from a proximal opening of the air scoop distally to the engine and further wherein the conduit and interior cavity utilized to accommodate intake of air into the engine of the vehicle, the air scoop further comprising a proximal lip formed around an outside edge and the air scoop tapering from the proximal opening towards a back portion;
- an air filter medium disposed within the interior cavity;
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- an air flow director disposed within the proximal opening of the air scoop, such that air flowing through the proximal opening is drawn through the air flow director where the air flow is directed in a uniform manner prior to passing through the air filter medium into the air intake system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.