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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph Matthew McCann, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael Marvin Landgraf, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
David Lowrie, Windsor, CA;
Jeff Sean Boulton, Carleton, MI (US);
Preet Kamal Virk, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an air intake system. In one example, an air intake system is provided. The air intake system includes a first air inlet duct providing intake air to an engine intake conduit, the first air inlet duct including an opening positioned external to an engine compartment. The air intake system also includes a second air inlet duct positioned upstream of the engine intake conduit and external to the engine compartment, the second air inlet duct including a funnel shaped to flow air to only a portion of an air filter.