Method and apparatus for attachment of air cleaner housing

An air cleaner housing assembly comprising:

• a main housing component;
• a base component connectible to said main housing component and defining a bottom surface having at least one attachment member for attachment to a vehicle structure, said attachment member being integrally formed as one piece with said base portion;
• said attachment member including a cylindrical body portion with a base extending to a distal end having a retention member that cooperates with the vehicle structure to retain said base component to said vehicle structure;
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• said retention member including a plurality flanges spaced apart from one another and extending out radially from said cylindrical body portion.

A method of forming an air cleaner housing component comprising the steps of:

• providing an upper mold defining a top surface of the air cleaner housing component and including at least one transversely extending male member defining a portion of an attachment member for attaching the air cleaner housing component to a vehicle structure;
• (a) providing a lower mold defining a bottom surface of the air cleaner housing component and including at least one female member defining a portion of the attachment member;
• (b) positioning the upper mold relative to the lower mold by inserting the male member into the female member;
• (c) positioning the upper mold and male member at a predetermined distance apart from the lower mold and female member to define a gap that defines the shape of the air cleaner housing component;
• (d) injecting material into the gap to integrally form the attachment member and air cleaner housing component as a single piece.