Patent ID: 6263850
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: F02B,F02M,Y02A,Y02T

Abstract:
An engine air intake module comprising:an air box that contains a particulate filter separating a clean air space from a dirty air space;a dirty air inlet for delivering dirty air to the dirty air space;a clean air outlet for delivering clean air from the clean air space;a throttle body assembly comprising an inlet into which clean air from the clean air outlet enters and an outlet from which clean air exits;a plenum comprising an inlet through which clean air from the throttle body assembly outlet enters a plenum space; andrunners that have respective inlets through which clean air from the plenum space enters and that have respective lengths running from the respective inlets to respective outlets for delivering clean air to respective cylinders of an engine;in which the air box comprises a dirty air space wall that bounds a lengthwise extent of the dirty air space;the plenum has a lengthwise extent that is adjacent the lengthwise extent of the dirty air space wall; andat least a portion of the length of a respective runner is disposed on a respective portion of the dirty air space wall;wherein the dirty air space wall comprises a top, a bottom spaced below the top, and laterally spaced apart sides extending between the top and bottom, the plenum is disposed in underlying relationship to the bottom of the dirty air space wall, and, from the respective runner inlet, each runner is disposed on a respective portion of a side of the dirty air space wall, running upward in the direction of the respective runner outlet.