Snorkel system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10711744-B2
Application number	US-201916543253-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2019
Priority date	Oct 26, 2018
Publication date	Jul 14, 2020
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020

Abstract

A snorkel system comprising: (a) a vehicle adapter configured to connect to a vehicle; (b) one or more air tubes configured to extend along an interior of an engine compartment of the vehicle; and (c) one or more angle adapters adapted to be located within the engine compartment of the vehicle, the one or more angle adapters fluidly connecting the vehicle adapter and the one or more air tubes together; wherein the one or more angle adapters include: an inlet opening located within a first plane, the inlet opening being located proximate to and in fluid communication with the vehicle adapter, and an outlet opening being in communication with a first end of the one or more air tubes, the outlet opening being located within a second plane that is spaced apart from and extends substantially parallel to the first angle adapter.

First claim

We claim:

1. A snorkel system comprising:
a. a vehicle adapter configured to connect to a vehicle, the vehicle adapter including:
i. a connection plate having an inlet;

b. one or more air tubes configured to extend along an interior of an engine compartment of the vehicle; and
c. one or more angle adapters adapted to be located within the engine compartment of the vehicle, the one or more angle adapters fluidly connecting the vehicle adapter and the one or more air tubes together;

wherein the one or more angle adapters include:
an inlet opening located within a first plane, the inlet opening being located proximate to and in fluid communication with the vehicle adapter, and
an outlet opening being in communication with a first end of the one or more air tubes, the outlet opening being located within a second plane that is spaced apart from and extends substantially parallel to the first plane.

2. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more angle adapters include a step tube that extends at an angle relative to the inlet opening and the outlet opening.

3. The snorkel system of claim 2 , wherein the angle the step tube extends at relative to the inlet opening is between about 75 degrees and about 15 degrees.

4. The snorkel system of claim 2 , wherein the angle the step tube extends at relative to the outlet opening is between about 75 degrees and about 15 degrees.

5. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein a wall forming a leading edge of the inlet opening and a wall forming a leading edge of the outlet opening are substantially parallel.

6. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein a step tube extends between and connects the inlet opening to the outlet opening and the step tube extends from the first plane to the second plane.

7. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the inlet opening faces a grill of the vehicle adapter.

8. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the inlet opening faces away from the engine compartment of the vehicle when the one or more angle adapters are installed within the engine compartment.

9. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more air tubes extend along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

10. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more air tubes are configured to be in fluid communication with an air box of the vehicle.

11. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle adapter includes a grill and a grill plate.

12. The snorkel system of claim 11 , wherein the grill plate is solid.

13. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more angle adapters and the one or more air tubes are connected by one or more connectors.

14. The snorkel system of claim 11 , wherein the grill prevents large objects from entering the inlet while allowing air to enter the inlet.

15. The snorkel system of claim 11 , wherein the grill plate is connected to a snorkel extender.

16. The snorkel system of claim 15 , wherein the snorkel extender includes a snorkel inlet that is spaced apart from a snorkel outlet and the snorkel outlet is connected to the grill plate of the vehicle adapter.

17. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle adapter includes a grill plate extending over the inlet of the connection plate.

18. The snorkel system of claim 17 , wherein the connection plate replaces all or a portion of a quarter panel, a body panel, or both of the vehicle.

19. The snorkel system of claim 17 , wherein the grill plate includes one or more posts that are configured to connect a snorkel extender to the vehicle adapter.

20. The snorkel system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more air tubes have a height to width ratio of about 1.2:1 or more and about 10:1 or less.

Assignees

• Omix Ada Inc

Inventors

• Bennett Patrick W
• Russell Eric Lance

Classifications

• B60K13/02 Primary

  concerning intake · CPC title

• F02M35/10013 Primary

  Means upstream of the air filter; Connection to the ambient air · CPC title