An integrated engine compartment component for housing vehicle support
system components in a vehicle engine compartment, which is divided by
shared partition walls into a plurality of vehicle support system
component-containing sections, each either forming or containing a
component of a vehicle support system. In one embodiment, the integrated
engine compartment component includes an air intake system filtration
section containing a filter element, an air intake acoustic resonator
section in two-way communication with an outlet of the air filtration
section, and a washer fluid reservoir section feeding a windshield or
headlight washer nozzle. An acoustic chamber may be integrated into the
component outer surface, e.g., to use vehicle fluids stored therein to
dampen noise and to provide additional fluid working volume. Integration
of vehicle support system components into a single integrated component
offers significant savings in under-hood engine compartment space and
materials, manufacturing, installation, servicing and recycling costs.