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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Joshua D. Stuckey, Marysville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Joshua D. Stuckey, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air intake system for a vehicle includes a grille disposed at a forward end of the vehicle for admitting airflow into an engine compartment of the vehicle and a scoop having a ramped surface for directing at least a portion of the airflow admitted through the grille upward toward an air intake of the vehicle. The ramped surface has an aperture defined therein for removing entrained particles from the portion of the airflow directed upward by the ramped surface.