Patent ID: 6892713
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: F02B,F02M,F05C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An air intake apparatus for an Internal combustion engine, comprising an enclosure, a motor vehicle battery, the motor vehicle battery being housed within the enclosure, an engine air supply path through the enclosure, an air compressor for assisting airflow along the air supply path to the engine, the compressor having an air inlet and being housed within the enclosure, an air inlet to the enclosure and an air outlet from the enclosure, said enclosure inlet and enclosure outlet defining respectively an upstream end of the air supply path and a downstream end of the air supply path, the enclosure being partly divided by a partition into a battery compartment and a compressor compartment, the partition having an air passage therethrough and the motor vehicle battery being in the air path upstream of the partition, and the compressor forming at least a part of the air path downstream from tile partition, wherein the air inlet is at a lower level than the air passage through the partition, and the air passage through the partition is at a lower level than the air inlet to the compressor.