Over bulkhead air intake for reduced snow ingestion

A vehicle air intake system, comprising:

• a grille disposed along a forward end of a vehicle, the grille having one or more inlet apertures for admitting airflow;
• a bulkhead extending laterally across the vehicle rearwardly of the grille;
• an intake enclosure having an intake port disposed over the bulkhead;
• a bulkhead cover extending from the bulkhead to the grille, the bulkhead cover defining a bulkhead cover primary port and a bulkhead cover auxiliary port, both for allowing the airflow admitted by the grille to pass to the intake port of the intake enclosure, wherein the bulkhead cover includes:
• a forward wall defining the bulkhead cover primary port,
• a first side wall extending from an outer lateral side of the forward wall to the intake enclosure, and
• a second side wall extending from an inner lateral side of the forward wall to the intake enclosure, the second side wall defining the bulkhead cover auxiliary port, and wherein the bulkhead cover primary port includes a screen and the bulkhead cover auxiliary port is formed as a plurality of vertically oriented slots.

A vehicle air intake system comprising:

• a grille disposed along a forward end of a vehicle, the grille having one or more inlet apertures for admitting airflow;
• a bulkhead extending laterally across the vehicle rearwardly of the grille;
• an intake enclosure having an intake port disposed over the bulkhead;
• a bulkhead cover extending from the bulkhead to the grille, the bulkhead cover defining a bulkhead cover primary port and a bulkhead cover auxiliary port, both for allowing the airflow admitted by the grille to pass to the intake port of the intake enclosure,
• wherein the bulkhead cover includes:
• a forward end connected to an upper portion of the grille,
• a rearward end connected to the bulkhead,
• a forward wall defining the primary port for allowing airflow from the grille to pass to an intake port of an air intake enclosure disposed over the bulkhead, and
• a sidewall defining the auxiliary port for allowing airflow to pass to the intake port and reducing a vacuum condition at the primary intake port.