Patent ID: 8236079

Claim:
An air filter system for a vehicle having an engine compartment, an air intake region that is separate from the engine compartment and a wheel housing, comprising: an adapter supported on a partition plate of the wheel housing and disposed in a transition zone from the engine compartment to the air intake region, the adaptor having a first opening for toward the air intake region and a second opening opposite the first opening toward the engine compartment; a raw air duct disposed in the air intake region and extending to couple to the first opening of the adaptor for providing raw air; a rubber-elastic mass disposed in the engine compartment and coupled to the second opening of the adaptor; a filter housing with an air filter element disposed in the engine compartment and coupled to the rubber-elastic mass for receiving the raw air; a filtered air duct extending from the filter housing to an internal combustion engine; wherein the raw air duct may be independently coupled to the adaptor and the rubber-elastic mass provides vibrational decoupling between the filter housing and the wheel housing.