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US 2003/0188902 A1Published application
Intake apparatus for feeding air to engine compartment
AssigneeAlmarv LLC
InventorAlex Decuir
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Abstract
An apparatus for feeding fresh ambient air to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprises a front lamp assembly with an ambient air intake tract associated with the lamp assembly for providing an air communication passage between an exterior of the motor vehicle and an engine compartment. The air intake tract is adapted to direct an ambient air to an engine compartment bypassing an engine cooling radiator. The air intake tract is in the form of a flattened funnel secured to a lamp housing.
Claims24
An apparatus for feeding air to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one lamp assembly including a lamp housing forming a cavity, a lens member attached to said lamp housing, and an ambient air intake tract associated with said lamp assembly and extending between an intake port of said tract open to ambient air outside said vehicle and an exhaust port of said tract open to an engine compartment, said ambient air intake tract providing an air communication passage between an exterior of said motor vehicle and said engine compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.