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An air intake assembly for a vehicle comprises a first housing rotatably mounted on the vehicle and a stationary second housing mounted within the first housing. A plurality of first inlets are formed through the first housing and are adapted to align with a plurality of second inlets formed through

An air intake assembly for a vehicle comprises a first housing rotatably mounted on the vehicle and a stationary second housing mounted within the first housing. A plurality of first inlets are formed through the first housing and are adapted to align with a plurality of second inlets formed through the second housing to normally permit the passage of air therethrough for engine consumption purposes. Upon further relative rotation of the housings, the inlets become misaligned to prevent the passage of air therethrough. In the preferred embodiment, inlets are formed through both side and bottom walls of the housings and disposed thereon whereby upon alignment of the inlets formed through the side walls of the housing to permit the passage of air therethrough the inlets formed through the bottom walls of the housings will be closed and vice versa.

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An air intake assembly comprising a first housing, first inlet means formed in said first housing for passing air therethrough, a second housing, said first and second housings mounted for relative rotation, and second inlet means formed in said second housing for passing air therethrough and dispos

An air intake assembly comprising a first housing, first inlet means formed in said first housing for passing air therethrough, a second housing, said first and second housings mounted for relative rotation, and second inlet means formed in said second housing for passing air therethrough and disposed thereon for (1) alignment with said first inlet means when said first and second housings are rotated to first relative positions to permit the passage of air therethrough and (2) misalignment when said first and second housings are rotated to second relative positions to at least substantially prevent the passage of air therethrough, said first and second housings each comprising a cylindrical side wall and wherein said first inlet means comprises at least one circumferentially disposed first inlet formed through the side wall of said first housing and said second inlet means comprises at least one circumferentially disposed first inlet formed through the side wall of said second housing. A method for adjusting an air intake assembly on an engine enclosure of a vehicle for alternately communicating either ambient air or air from within said enclosure to an engine comprising the steps of first rotating a housing of said air intake assembly to communicate ambient air directly to said engine while simultaneously blocking communication of air from within said enclosure to said engine, or second rotating said housing to a different position for blocking communication of ambient air to said engine and for simultaneously communicating air from within said enclosure to said engine.