Patent ID: 6422197
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
An intake system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a raw air inlet, a raw air duct into which said raw air inlet opens, said raw air duct communicating with a filter housing, a clean air duct which is connected with the filter housing, an intake air manifold connected to said clean air duct, and at least one filter element disposed in said filter housing such that air entering said filter housing from the raw air duct must pass through the filter element before it can flow out of the filter housing into the clean air duct; whereinthe filter element is arranged around a battery box such that the filter element follows at least one change in direction of a wall of the battery box, and an interior space formed by walls of the battery box is separated in an air-tight manner from the raw air duct, the filter housing and the clean air duct of the intake system.