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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
James P. Mehlos, Worthington, OH (US);
Brandy Kay Laakso, Marysville, OH (US);
Clifford Randall Salvesen, Ostrander, OH (US);
Timothy T. Laakso, Marysville, OH (US);
Anthony John Leanza, Powell, OH (US);
Patrick M. Shafer, Hilliard, OH (US);
James P. Mehlos, Worthington, OH (US);
Brandy Kay Laakso, Marysville, OH (US);
Clifford Randall Salvesen, Ostrander, OH (US);
Timothy T. Laakso, Marysville, OH (US);
Anthony John Leanza, Powell, OH (US);
Patrick M. Shafer, Hilliard, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.