Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Timothy T Laakso

Anthony John Leanza

Clifford Randall Salvesen

Kerry Stephen McClure

Kim Ross

Raymond L Khouw

Patrick M Shafer

Nicholas H Goldsberry

Brian Christopher Bray

Ryan Chapman

Takeshi Hagiwara

Joshua L Morrow

Brandy Kay Laakso

Jacob William Weaver

James P Mehlos

Thomas Brent Tarr

A bulkhead cover for a vehicle air intake system includes a forward wall defining a bulkhead cover primary port for receiving an air flow admitted through a grille of a vehicle, a first side wall extending from an outer lateral side of the forward wall to an outer lateral side of an intake enclosure, and a second side wall extending from an inner lateral side of the forward wall to an inner lateral side of the intake enclosure. The intake enclosure defines an intake port between the outer and inner lateral sides of the intake enclosure. A bulkhead cover auxiliary port is defined in the second side wall for receiving additional air flow admitted through the grille and thereby reducing snow ingestion through the bulkhead cover primary port.

Over bulkhead air intake for reduced snow ingestion

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

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Marysville, OH, United States of America

Timothy T Laakso