AIR INTAKE DEVICE WITH A VARIABLE-LENGTH INTAKE DUCT AND A SEPARATE CENTERING DEVICE

An air intake device with a variable-length intake duct, comprising: a base duct component with a base duct, configured for the passage of intake air through the base duct component, an extension duct component with an extension duct, configured for the passage of intake air through the extension duct component, a guidance arrangement which guides the extension duct component and the base duct component to relative movement between a first operating position and a second operating position, wherein in the first operating position the base duct and the extension duct form, in mutually prolonging abutment, a continuous duct section, and wherein in the second operating position the extension duct is arranged at a distance from the base duct, and a first centering arrangement which when the duct components approach the first operating position is configured to decrease a radial distance in relation to a virtual base duct path conceived as passing centrally through the base duct between an end section of the base duct facing towards the extension duct component and an end section of the extension duct facing towards the base duct component, wherein the first centering arrangement is configured as separate from the base duct and from the extension duct.