Patent ID: 8201651

Claim:
A vehicle air intake system, comprising: a grille disposed along the front portion of an engine compartment; a hood disposed over the engine compartment; and a bulkhead cover disposed in the engine compartment below the hood for covering a bulkhead extending laterally across the engine compartment, the bulkhead cover having a bulkhead cover intake port and a deflector disposed along and extending forwardly from a lower portion of the bulkhead cover intake port to circuitously redirect airflow passing from the grille to the bulkhead cover intake port, wherein the bulkhead cover includes a front trench portion defined by a base wall, a rearward wall extending upward from the base wall, and a forward wall spaced apart from the rearward wall and extending upward from the base wall, the forward wall having the bulkhead cover intake port defined therein, the deflector extending from a junction area between the base wall and the forward wall.