Patent ID: 8864560

Claim:
A housing ( 10 ) having a housing interior ( 26 ), the housing comprising: a wall ( 16 ) having an aperture ( 18 ); and a vented panel ( 30 , 30 ′) mounted over the aperture, the vented panel including: a first wall ( 36 , 126 ) having a first wall first side ( 38 ) and a first wall second side ( 40 ) and a first wall opening ( 42 ); a second wall ( 44 , 128 ) having a second wall first side ( 46 ), a second wall second side ( 48 ), and having a second wall opening ( 50 ), the second wall first side ( 46 ) facing the first wall second side ( 40 ); a panel interior ( 52 ) between the first wall second side ( 40 ) and the second wall first side ( 46 ); a water dam attached to said second wall second side ( 48 ), wherein said water dam extends across a bottom of said second wall opening ( 50 ), wherein said water dam is configured with a surface facing and spaced from an area of said second wall second side ( 48 ) terminating under said second wall opening ( 50 ) to form a pocket ( 120 ); a filter ( 60 , 100 , 122 ) having a filter inner side and a filter outer side relative to the housing interior ( 26 ) mounted against the second wall second side ( 44 ) over the second wall opening ( 50 ) with the filter inner side facing the housing interior ( 26 ) for filtering air passing through the second wall opening ( 50 ) into the housing interior ( 26 ), the filter ( 60 , 100 , 122 ) having a filter bottom end ( 68 ) and a filter bottom portion adjacent the filter bottom end ( 68 ), wherein said filter bottom end ( 68 ) and at least a portion of said filter bottom portion are positioned in said pocket ( 120 ), wherein a water dam top edge is higher than a bottom of said second wall opening ( 50 ) such that water reaching the filter bottom portion of the filter ( 60 , 100 , 122 ) is substantially prevented from draining into the housing interior ( 26 ), and wherein said pocket ( 120 ) formed by said water dam and said area of said second wall second side ( 44 ) under said second wall opening ( 50 ) is configured to receive said bottom end ( 68 ) of said filter ( 60 , 100 , 120 ).