Patent ID: 7143736

Claim:
An integrated engine compartment component for housing a plurality of vehicle support system components in an engine compartment of a vehicle, comprising: an integrated housing, wherein the integrated housing is divided into a plurality of vehicle support system component-containing sections by at least one partition wall, each of the at least one partition walls is shared between at least two of the system component-containing sections, each system component-containing section forms or contains a vehicle support system component; and the integrated housing is shaped to fit within the vehicle's engine compartment, wherein there are at least three system component-containing sections, including: an air intake system air filtration section housing a filter element, an inlet to receive unfiltered engine intake air upstream of the filter element and an outlet downstream of the filter element for discharge of filtered intake air to an engine air intake; an air intake system acoustic resonator section formed as a hollow chamber and located adjacent to the air filtration section outlet, the acoustic resonator section having an opening connected to the engine air intake immediately downstream of the air filtration section outlet which permits two-way communication of intake air between the acoustic resonator section and the engine air intake; and a washer fluid reservoir section having an inlet to receive washer fluid and an outlet through which washer fluid is supplied to a windshield or headlight washer nozzle.