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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franco Mendicino, Arese, IT;
Assignee:
Alfa Lancia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 683 ; 293113 ; 293117 ; 296208 ;
Abstract
An air intake for feeding air to an engine, in which a tubular structure is associated with the cross-member of a vehicle body via a port connected to an aperture in the cross-member. Atmospheric air is drawn through it, along a path external to the engine compartment, and through an induction structure provided within the engine compartment, the tubular structure also acts as a stiffening frame for the vehicle bumper.