Patent ID: 8360199
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: F02D,F02M,G01F

Abstract:
1. An air induction assembly adapted to be incorporated in an air intake system of an internal combustion engine, said air induction assembly comprising: a housing; a substantially cylindrical molded body fitted within said housing, said molded body having an upstream segment and a downstream segment, a layer of wire mesh formed over a circumferential outer surface of the molded body; a layer of acoustic foam formed over an outer surface of the wire mesh; and a mass air flow sensor inserted into an inner volume of the molded body, wherein the molded body comprises: a first wall extending along a longitudinal axis of the molded body, said first wall comprising a plurality of perforations within the upstream segment; at least one second wall formed within said downstream segment orthogonal to the first wall and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the molded body; a plurality of rings formed within the downstream segment, each ring concentrically aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis of the molded body and having a central circular opening; and a mass air flow sensor flow tube formed within the upstream segment and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the molded body, said mass air flow sensor flow tube bifurcating the first wall within the upstream segment.