Air filter housing for automobile internal combustion engine
AssigneeAutomotive Performance International, Inc.
InventorsDan S. Wible, Steve Gregory
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Abstract
An air intake filter for an internal combustion engine disposed in an automobile engine compartment beneath the hood, behind the radiator, generally includes a housing with an upper and a lower portion which provides an intake for air in front of the radiator for scooping undisturbed air flow and communicating the same to the engine. A filter is provided and disposed between the upper and lower housing portions for removing solid particulates from air intake and, importantly, the housing is configured for separating water from the air entering the intake before the air enters the filter.
Claims16
An air intake filter for an automobile having an internal combustion engine disposed in an automobile engine compartment beneath a hood and behind a radiator exposed to air entering the compartment, said radiator causing turbulence in the air entering the compartment when the automobile is in motion, said air intake filter comprising:
- a housing sized for mounting beneath the hood and having means for intaking air in front of said radiator, said air entering the housing before becoming turbulent due to flow around the radiator, said housing comprising an upper portion and a removable lower portion and said removable lower portion including the means for intaking air;
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- means for communicating air entering the housing to said internal combustion engine.
The air intake filter according to claim 9 wherein the means for separating water comprises an internal surface of said removable lower portion and an upstanding wall, abutting the internal surface, having at least one aperture therethrough.
An air intake filter for an internal combustion engine disposed in an automobile engine compartment beneath a hood and behind a radiator, said air intake filter comprising:
- a housing sized for mounting beneath the hood with an air intake thereof positioned in front of said radiator when the housing is mounted beneath the hood;
- tubular means, connecting said housing and an air intake of said automobile engine, for supplying filtered air to said automobile engine from said housing;
- filter means, disposed in said housing, for removing solid particulates from air entering the housing air intake;
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- means, separate from said filter means, for separating water from air entering the housing air intake before the entering air enters the filter means comprising an internal housing surface disposed at an acute angle with the housing air intake and at least one aperture disposed in a rear housing wall subtending the internal housing surface.
An air intake filter for an internal combustion engine disposed in an automobile engine compartment beneath a hood, said air intake-filter comprising:
- a housing sized for mounting beneath the hood, said housing comprising an upper portion and a removable lower portion, said lower portion including an air intake;
- filter means, disposed between said upper and lower housing portions, for removing solid particulates from air entering the air intake;
- tubular means, connecting the housing upper portion and an air intake of said automobile engine, for supplying filtered air to said automobile engine from the housing upper portion;
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- means, disposed in said removable lower portion, for separating water from air entering the lower portion air intake before the entering air enters the filter means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.