Vehicle intake
AssigneeArctic Cat Inc.
InventorsBrent Thomas Gilge, Ryan John Hughes
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Abstract
A vehicle including an air intake system for an engine component includes a vehicle frame including one or more frame components, at least one of the one or more frame components includes an engine air passage and at least one intake port in communication with the engine air passage. At least one duct port of the frame component is in communication with the engine air passage. An engine component is coupled with the vehicle frame, and an intake duct extends from the at least one duct port to the engine component.
Claims20
A vehicle having a vehicle cabin and an air intake system, the vehicle comprising:
- an engine component positioned outside of the vehicle cabin, the engine component being in fluidic communication with the air intake system,
- wherein the air intake system comprises a first component defining:
- a first portion of an engine air passage, and
- a first intake port in communication with the first portion of the engine air passage,
- wherein the first intake port is directed laterally relative to the vehicle cabin such that noise generated by the engine component and delivered through the first portion of the engine air passage is directed in an outward fashion away from the vehicle cabin, and
- wherein the first intake port is positioned outboard of the vehicle cabin.
A vehicle including an air intake system, the vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle cabin;
- and
- an engine component coupled with the vehicle,
- wherein the air intake system defines first and second intake ports associated with respective first and second sides of the vehicle cabin,
- wherein the first and second intake ports are directed laterally relative to the vehicle cabin such that noise generated by the engine component and delivered through the intake system is directed in an outward fashion away from the first and second sides of the vehicle cabin, and
- wherein the first intake port is positioned outboard of the vehicle cabin.
A method for providing air to an engine component of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving air at first and second intake ports of an air intake system of the vehicle, the first and second intake ports being associated with respective first and second sides of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle;
- directing the air through the air intake system to the engine component;
- delivering noise through the intake system to the first and second intake ports;
- and
- directing the noise in an outward fashion away from the first and second sides of the vehicle cabin,
- wherein the noise is generated by the engine component, and
- wherein the first intake port is positioned outboard of the vehicle cabin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.