Vehicular air intake scoop

Patent · Tue Jul 21 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6256096

Brown, R R

An air scoop is described for use in combination with a vehicle having vehicular body panel means and an engine with air intake port means formed in the body panel and communicating with the air induction. The air scoop means comprises first and second side wall means upper wall means and rearward end wall means. The first and second side wall means, the upper wall means and the rearward end wall means are interconnected, where the air scoop comprises an open forward end and a rearward discharge end. The air scoop means is operatively secured to the body panel means, the first and second side wall means and the rearward end wall means effectively encompass the air intake port means. The air scoop means further comprises internal passage means for the flow of air from the open forward end to the rearward discharge end, wherein at least a portion of the internal passage means is of a curvilinear configuration curvingly directs the flow of air toward the air intake port means. The curvilinear configuration is defined at least in part by the interior surface of the upper wall means. The interior surface of the upper wall means comprises adjacently situated arcuate surfaces each for curvingly directing the flow of air toward the air intake port means. Arcuate surfaces are discrete from each other and are operatively interconnected by integrally formed transitional interior surface portions and surfaces are staggered with respect to each other as to be progressively further rearwardly of the air scoop means.

• Assignee: Colt Industries Inc., New York, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4681178
• OSTI ID: 6256096
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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