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AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoshua Stuckey, James Robinson, Justin J. Chiodo, Mahendra Kute, Brandy Kay Laakso
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An engine compartment of an automotive vehicle is provided. The compartment comprises an internal combustion engine including an air intake manifold and an electrical storage battery. The battery is housed in a storage box and an air intake system supplies air to the air intake manifold and the battery storage box. The air intake system has an inlet supplying air to a flow diverter. The flow diverter has a main channel including a bend dividing the main channel into a first passage and a second passage tangential to the first passage. The second passage is in fluid communication with the air intake manifold. The flow diverter includes an outlet facing the first passage which is in fluid communication with the battery storage box.
An engine compartment of an automotive vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine including an air intake manifold and an electrical storage battery, said battery housed in a storage box, an air intake system supplying air to said air intake manifold, said air intake system comprising an inlet supplying air to a flow diverter, said flow diverter having a main channel including a bend dividing said main channel into a first passage and a second passage, said second passage in fluid communication with said air intake manifold, said flow diverter further including an outlet facing said first passage in fluid communication with the battery storage box.
A device for cooling the battery of an automotive vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine comprising an air flow diverter having an inlet side, a primary channel and an outlet side, said primary channel directing air from the inlet side to the outlet side and including a bend, said diverter including a secondary channel intersecting the primary channel for fluid communication with a battery box, said secondary channel having an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the inlet side of said primary channel.
An air intake system for an automotive vehicle comprising an inlet in fluid communication with the exterior of the vehicle, said inlet in fluid communication with a passage, said passage divided into a first channel in fluid communication with a battery box and a second channel in fluid communication with an engine manifold.
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