Patent ID: 8043395

Claim:
An air cleaner for a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing having an air inlet opening and an air outlet and at least one peripheral wall defining a chamber therein; an air filter element received into said chamber and separating said air inlet opening from said air outlet opening, wherein said air inlet opening communicates with a primary air portion of a dirty air face of said filter; wherein said air outlet opening communicates with a clean air face of said air filter; and wherein said at least one peripheral wall includes a secondary air inlet closed off by a removable closure member, said secondary air inlet in communication with a secondary air portion of said dirty air face, said closure member removable to convert said air cleaner to an air cleaner fitted for secondary air induction, a baffle extending between said at least one peripheral wall and said dirty air face of said air filter and substantially mating against said dirty air face of said air filter element, said baffle dividing said dirty air face into said primary air portion and said secondary air portion, wherein said airflow entering said air inlet opening is prevented from reaching said secondary air portion of said air filter element dirty air face by said baffle, thereby preventing contamination of said secondary air inlet portion, wherein said baffle prevents air flow between said primary and said secondary air portions at said dirty air face.