| US 7,537,645 B2 | ||
| High flow air filtration system for Dodge truck | ||
| Saul Daniel Zambrano, Quartz Hill, Calif. (US); Shahriar Nick Niakan, Anaheim Hills, Calif. (US); Eric Charles Bajza, Garden Grove, Calif. (US); and Stuart T. Miyagishima, Upland, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Advanced Flow Engineering, Inc., Corona, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/88,427. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/634044, filed on Dec. 07, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/634011, filed on Dec. 07, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/556171, filed on Mar. 24, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0211095 A1, Sep. 29, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 95—273 [55/385.3; 123/198 E] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method for filtering ambient air for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a) shielding a filter element from engine-derived heat in an engine compartment of a vehicle, wherein said filter element
is disposed within a filter housing comprising a heat shield, wherein said filter housing comprises at least one metal sheet;
b) passing said ambient air through a housing inlet in fluid communication with an interior of the filter housing and said
filter element to provide filtered air the filter housing inlet being defined jointly by a level of a housing floor and the
first and second walls of the filter housing;
c) passing said filtered air from said filter element through an intermediate tube projecting through a center wall of said
filter housing and into said filter housing; and
d) passing said filtered air from said intermediate tube to said internal combustion engine via an air intake tube having
a downstream portion coupled to an inlet of a turbocharger of said vehicle.
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