Patent ID: 7025799

Claim:
A system for regulating air flow to an internal combustion engine having an induction system that includes an air box, comprising: a valve body, the valve body being affixed to the air box so as to permit atmospheric air to be directed through the valve body into an interior region of the air box, the valve body being formed as a truncated cone, the truncated cone comprising: a first discontinuous sidewall; and a first longitudinal axis; and a valve lid, the valve lid being movably affixed to the valve body so as to define dimensions of an opening within the valve body through which the atmospheric air passes, the valve lid is formed as a truncated cone comprising: a second discontinuous sidewall; and a second longitudinal axis, the valve lid being mounted over the valve body such that the first and second longitudinal axes are collinear, the valve lid being rotatable about the second longitudinal axis.