International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC

International Truck and Engine Corporation Canada

Gerald J Nix

David J Beigel

Marcey K Collins

Franz Mueller

L David Allendorph

Luke Ice

Robert Scott Tirey

Ronald F Mitchell

Jaimi L Smith

Manjeet Singh Kohli

Brian J Jacquay

Hector R Kiely

Steven A Oliver

Timothy Oselett

Lamar D Yoder

Robert K Crook, Jr

Ronald E Schoon

Dickson Lal

Luis A Torres

Ryan T Jones

Air cleaner of a truck vehicle

A modular system of routing clip subcomponents having compatible interlocking features allows for as-needed assembly of multiple clips and extensions, thereby eliminating the need for specialized standoff brackets and clipping devices when routing vehicle wires, hoses, tubes, cables, harnesses, and the like. Generally molded from high-impact and decay resistant polymers, the elements of the modular system are inexpensive to manufacture and simple to assemble by hand.

Routing clip elements with a living hinge and interlocking closure

Truck vehicle

The invention is an inlet device or snow valve adapted to fit an air cleaner housing for a motor vehicle. The inlet device has an annular door with an open window that rotates between first and second positions. In the first position, the window of the annular door aligns with an outside air opening in the housing to allow the flow of outside air into the air cleaner apparatus. In the second position, the annular door rotates so the sidewall of the annular door covers the outside air opening and blocks the flow of outside air into the air cleaner apparatus. The second position allows the flow of under hood air into the air cleaner apparatus. In either position, the device preferably totally closes the other opening to assure all under hood intake air flow comes from the desired location.

Air cleaner inlet device

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Gerald J Nix