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An intake silencer device is described herein. The intake silencer device includes an outer housing and a plurality of sequential arranged expansion chambers separated by walls. The intake silencer device further includes an inner tube positioned in each of the sequential chambers, each of the inner

An intake silencer device is described herein. The intake silencer device includes an outer housing and a plurality of sequential arranged expansion chambers separated by walls. The intake silencer device further includes an inner tube positioned in each of the sequential chambers, each of the inner tubes including an opening providing fluidic communication between an interior of the tube and the corresponding expansion chamber, a size of the openings increasing in size sequentially in a downstream direction.

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1. An intake silencer device comprising: a cylindrical outer housing;a plurality of sequentially arranged expansion chambers separated by walls; andan inner tube positioned in each of the sequential expansion chambers, each of the inner tubes including an opening providing fluidic communication betw

1. An intake silencer device comprising: a cylindrical outer housing;a plurality of sequentially arranged expansion chambers separated by walls; andan inner tube positioned in each of the sequential expansion chambers, each of the inner tubes including an opening providing fluidic communication between an interior of the tube and the corresponding expansion chamber, a size of the openings increasing in size sequentially in a downstream direction;wherein the inner tube positioned in the expansion chamber at a downstream end of the housing extends only partially from the wall of said expansion chamber and does not axially span a length of the expansion chamber in its entirety, the opening of the inner tube positioned in the expansion chamber at the downstream end of the housing being circular and aligned with a central axis of each of the inner tubes, andwherein an inner radius of the cylindrical outer housing does not vary along a length spanning the expansion chambers. 2. The intake silencer device of claim 1, where the openings in upstream tubes are arranged in an equivalent radial position. 3. The intake silencer device of claim 1, where each of the expansion chambers extend 360 degrees around the corresponding inner tube, and wherein each of the inner tubes is formed via a common inner tube passing through the walls, the tube formed of a continuous tube having the openings therein, and wherein at least two upstream tubes each have exactly two only partially annular openings, opposite one another, and wherein a downstream-most tube has a singular opening that extends entirely around the tube as a complete opening of the tube facing a downstream flow direction. 4. The intake silencer device of claim 1, further comprising an inlet port axially aligned with an outlet port. 5. The intake silencer device of claim 1, where openings in upstream inner tubes extend into the respective inner tubes in a rectangular cross-section. 6. The intake silencer device of claim 1, where the walls extend from an outer surface of the inner tubes to an inner surface of the cylindrical outer housing. 7. The intake silencer device of claim 6, where the walls extend in a radial direction. 8. An intake silencer device comprising: a cylindrical outer housing;a plurality of sequentially arranged expansion chambers separated by walls; andan inner tube positioned in each of the expansion chambers, each of the inner tubes including an opening providing fluidic communication between an interior of the tube and the corresponding expansion chamber, where each of the expansion chambers extend 360 degrees around the corresponding inner tube;wherein the inner tube positioned in the expansion chamber at a downstream end of the housing extends only partially from the wall of said expansion chamber and does not axially span a length of the expansion chamber in its entirety,wherein the opening of the inner tube positioned in the expansion chamber at the downstream end of the housing has a central axis aligned with a central axis of the inner tube, andwherein an inner radius of the cylindrical outer housing does not vary along a length spanning the expansion chambers. 9. The intake silencer device of claim 8, where the cylindrical outer housing and the walls are boundaries of the expansion chambers. 10. The intake silencer device of claim 9, where the expansion chambers are in fluidic communication with an inlet port and an outlet port. 11. The intake silencer device of claim 10, where the outlet port is in fluidic communication with a charge air cooler. 12. The intake silencer device of claim 8, where the plurality of inner tubes are sequentially arranged in direct fluidic communication and axially aligned. 13. The intake silencer device of claim 8, where the one or more walls are arranged perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical outer housing. 14. The intake silencer device of claim 8, where each of the one or more walls comprises a circular opening having a portion of one or more of the inner tubes extending therethrough. 15. The intake silencer device of claim 8, where the inner tubes each comprise one or more perforations. 16. An intake silencer device comprising: an outlet port;a cylindrical outer housing;a plurality of sequentially arranged expansion chambers separated by walls; anda cylindrical tube axially extending through the walls and including a plurality of openings but axially spanning only a portion of a last expansion chamber adjacent to the outlet port, where the plurality of openings include at least one opening in fluidic communication with each expansion chamber,wherein the portion of the tube in the last expansion chamber has a singular opening extending entirely around the tube as a complete opening of the tube, andwherein an inner radius of the cylindrical outer housing does not vary along a length spanning the expansion chambers. 17. The intake silencer device of claim 16, where the plurality of openings have a rectangular cross-section. 18. The intake silencer device of claim 16, where the expansion chambers have an annular cross-section. 19. The intake silencer of claim 8, wherein at least two upstream tubes each have exactly two only partially annular openings, opposite one another, and wherein a downstream-most tube has a singular opening that extends entirely around the tube as a complete opening of the tube. 20. A system comprising: an intake silencer device comprising: a cylindrical outer housing;a plurality of sequentially arranged expansion chambers separated by walls; andan inner tube positioned in each of the sequential expansion chambers, each of the inner tubes including an opening providing fluidic communication between an interior of the tube and the corresponding expansion chamber, a size of the openings increasing in size sequentially in a downstream direction;wherein the inner tube positioned in the expansion chamber at a downstream end of the housing extends only partially from the wall of said expansion chamber and does not axially span a length of the expansion chamber in its entirety, the opening of the inner tube positioned in the expansion chamber at the downstream end of the housing being circular and aligned with a central axis of each of the inner tubes, and wherein an inner radius of the cylindrical outer housing does not vary along a length spanning the expansion chambers;a compressor of a turbocharger coupled upstream of the intake silencer device; andan engine coupled downstream of the intake silencer device.