Motor vehicle engine air intake system, an air filter enclosure assembly and vehicle engine air intake method
AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsFabrizio Gobbato, Simon John Maddock
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Abstract
Vehicle Engine Air Intake System and Method (to be accompanied by FIGS. 1 and 3) In a motor vehicle (12), an air filter housing (14) is at least partially defined by a cross-member (28) forming part of a structural front end module of the vehicle body. The cross-member (28) defines a recess (44) for receiving an air filter (90) and at least one air inlet aperture opening into the recess. An air filter enclosure assembly is mounted to the cross-member over an open face of the recess. The air filter enclosure assembly may include an air filter enclosure (42) and an air filter (90).
Claims18
A motor vehicle having a body defining an engine compartment, an engine at least partly located within the engine compartment and an air intake system for the engine, the air intake system comprising one or more conduits for directing air towards the engine, wherein at least one said conduit is an air filter housing at least partially defined by a cross-member forming part of a structural front end module of the body of the motor vehicle, the cross-member defining a recess for at least partially receiving an air filter and at least one air inlet aperture opening into the recess, the air intake system including an air filter enclosure releasably mounted to the cross-member over an open face of the recess, wherein one of the cross-member and the air filter enclosure defines at least one air outlet and wherein an air flow path is defined from the at least one air inlet aperture to the at least one air outlet, the air intake system including an air filter located in the air flow path between the at least one inlet aperture and the outlet.
A motor vehicle having a body defining an engine compartment, an engine at least partly located within the engine compartment, and an air filter housing assembly forming part of an air intake system for the engine, the air filter housing assembly comprising a housing defined in part by recess in a cross-member forming part of a structural front end module of the vehicle body and in part by an air filter enclosure releasably connected to the structural component to close an open face of the recess, wherein the cross-member comprises an air inlet and at least one of the cross-member and the air filter enclosure defines at least one air outlet, an air flow path being defined from the air inlet to the air outlet through the air filter, the air filter housing assembly also comprising an air filter at least partially located within the recess in the air flow path between the at least one air inlet and the at least one air outlet.
A method of directing air to an air intake of an engine in a motor vehicle, the method comprising directing a flow of air through an air filter housing at least partially defined by a cross-member forming part of a structural front end module of a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the cross-member defines a recess and at least one air inlet aperture opening into the recess, an air filter enclosure assembly being releasable mounted to the cross-member, the air filter enclosure assembly comprising an air filter enclosure and an air filter releasably mounted to the air filter enclosure and at least partially received in the recess, at least one of the cross-member and the air filter enclosure defining at least one air outlet, the method comprising passing air along a flow path from the at least one air inlet aperture to the at least one air outlet through the recess and the air filter.
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