Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Jacob William Weaver

Kerry Stephen McClure

Anthony John Leanza

Kim Ross

Raymond L Khouw

Nicholas H Goldsberry

Brian Christopher Bray

Ryan Chapman

Takeshi Hagiwara

Joel K Lewis

Joshua L Morrow

Clifford Randall Salvesen

Timothy T Laakso

Thomas Brent Tarr

A vehicle air intake system includes a grille disposed along the front portion of an engine compartment, a hood disposed over the engine compartment and a bulkhead cover disposed in the engine compartment below the hood. The bulkhead cover has a bulkhead cover intake port and a deflector disposed along and extending forwardly from a lower portion of the bulkhead cover intake port to circuitously redirect airflow passing from the grille to the bulkhead cover intake port.

Automobile over-bulkhead air intake system

A vehicle resonator structure and attachment method is provided and includes a resonator chamber that has a first intake tube and a first exhaust or outlet tube attached thereto. At least one of the tubes includes a projection that can be molded (e.g., via flash molding after the tube itself is blow molded) onto the tube. The resonator chamber can include upper and lower tube mount structures that can be hot plate welded and sandwiched onto the projection in the tube. Thus, the tube(s) is/are positively retained in position with respect to the resonator chamber such that the tuning of the resonator does not change due to fluctuations in geometry of the tube(s) and resonator chamber structure, and such that there is little or no vibration noise and/or possible damage that might result if the tube(s) were free to move with respect to the resonator chamber.

Vehicle resonator structure and attachment method

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Marysville, OH, United States of America

Jacob William Weaver