Claims
- 1. An air induction system comprising:
an air duct; a tuning tube supported by said air duct; a resonance chamber engaging said air duct at an attachment interface wherein said tuning tube is at least partially received within said resonance chamber; and a weld area formed at said attachment interface for securely attaching said air duct to said resonance chamber.
- 2. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tuning tube and said air duct are integrally formed as one piece.
- 3. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said air duct includes a main body portion with a shoulder portion transitioning into said tuning tube.
- 4. A system as set forth in claim 3 wherein said tuning tube has a base end integrally formed with said shoulder portion and a distal end positioned within said resonance chamber.
- 5. A system as set forth in claim 4 wherein said shoulder portion has a greater diameter than said tuning tube.
- 6. A system as set forth in claim 5 wherein said resonance chamber includes a flanged portion surrounding an opening that receives said tuning tube.
- 7. A system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said shoulder portion includes a first surface and said flange portion includes a second surface generally parallel to said first surface, said first and second surfaces cooperating to form said attachment interface.
- 8. A system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said opening has a greater diameter than said tuning tube and a smaller diameter than said shoulder portion.
- 9. An air induction system comprising:
an air duct; a tuning tube integrally formed with said air duct as a single piece and extending to a distal tube end; a resonance chamber engaging said air duct at an attachment interface wherein said distal tube end is positioned inside said resonance chamber; and a weld area formed at said attachment interface for securely attaching said air duct to said resonance chamber.
- 10. A system as set forth in claim 9 wherein said air duct includes a shoulder portion transitioning into a base end of said tuning tube wherein said shoulder portion has a greater diameter than said tuning tube.
- 11. A system as set forth in claim 10 wherein said resonance chamber includes a flange surrounding an opening that surrounds said base end of said tuning tube.
- 12. A system as set forth in claim 11 wherein said opening has a greater diameter than said tuning tube and a smaller diameter than said shoulder portion.
- 13. A method of attaching a resonance chamber to an air induction component comprising the steps of:
(a) providing an air duct with a tuning tube extending to a distal end; (b) inserting the distal end through an opening in the resonance chamber such that external duct surface engages an external resonance chamber surface to define an attachment interface; and (c) welding at the attachment interface to attach the resonance chamber to the air duct.
- 14. A method as set forth in claim 13 including the step of integrally forming the air duct and tuning tube as a single piece.
- 15. A method as set forth in claim 13 including the step of forming a shoulder portion for transitioning from the air duct to a base end of the tuning tube to define the external duct surface.
- 16. A method as set forth in claim 15 including the steps of forming a flange around the opening of the resonance chamber to define the external resonance chamber surface that is generally parallel to the external duct surface and abutting the external resonance chamber surface against the external duct surface to form the attachment interface.
- 17. A method as set forth in claim 15 wherein the opening surrounds the base end of the tuning tube.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/336,769, which was filed on Dec. 3, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60336769 |
Dec 2001 |
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