Patent ID: 8596396

Claim:
An agricultural work vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body; an enclosed engine compartment within said vehicle body, said engine compartment having a top cover that extends between opposite sides of said vehicle body; a vertically oriented air inlet in said vehicle body for intake of air into said engine compartment; an intake housing configured over said air inlet, said intake housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening in communication with said air inlet; said inlet opening extending above said top cover and oriented relative to a vertical plane such that an angled air flow path is defined between said inlet opening and said outlet opening wherein air is drawn from an area above said top cover and directed into said air inlet; and wherein said intake housing is mounted over said air inlet and has a bend between said inlet opening and said outlet opening such that the air is drawn substantially in a direction across said top cover from an opposite side of said top cover from an area above a portion of the vehicle body into said inlet opening.