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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Michael Desjardins, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael Desjardins, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engine air intake tract includes a flexible air intake duct having a flexible tubular body. A plurality of radially extending convolutes are formed in and spaced apart on an axially extending outer wall of the tubular body. Each convolute has a circumferential ring-shaped inwardly extending peak bordered by outwardly extending troughs. A liquid sump is formed into a lower portion of the tubular body and includes a plurality of spaced sump chambers with each chamber formed between and connected to at least two adjacent ones of the convolutes and extending radially outwardly from the convolutes.