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US 9,464,603 B2Granted
Motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorGerd Kalauch
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has an engine compartment which can be closed by at least one hood, and in which there is an air intake line that can be indirectly or directly fluidically connected to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The air intake line includes a fiber composite element made of an air-permeable fiber composite material.
Claims9
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a hood for closing an engine compartment of the motor vehicle, said hood having a deformation region for pedestrian protection;
- an air intake line arranged in the deformation region of the hood and having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said air intake line being fluidly connected to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine via an air filter, said air intake line comprising a fiber composite element made of an air-permeable fiber composite material which has a matrix made of thermoplastic material, said fiber composite element being configured to permit air flow through the fiber composite element into an air-conducting internal space of the air intake line along the air intake line, and out of the outlet opening also in case of blockage of the inlet opening;
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- a sealing arranged on the inlet opening or the outlet opening and fastened to the fiber composite element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.