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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Samira S. Johnson, Dublin, OH (US);
Dane R. Marsack, West Liberty, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air intake system for supplying air to a snorkel of a vehicle includes a lower air intake vent having an opening defining a lower air pathway to the snorkel, and a scoop disposed in the lower air intake vent. The scoop has a base portion attached to a body component in the lower air pathway, a longitudinally transverse portion extending forward from the base portion, and a laterally transverse portion extending from an upper edge of the base portion and an upper edge of the longitudinally transverse portion. The air intake system further includes an upper air intake vent having an upper opening in a fender body panel vertically above the wheel well, the upper air intake vent defining an upper air pathway to the snorkel, and a snorkel protection flange extending downwardly from an inner surface of the fender body panel.