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Fuel filter with organoclay, cleaning cartridge with organoclay, and use

US11273398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

Lars Spelter · Ditzingen, DE
Jens Timo Neumann · Shanghai, CN
Matheus Henrique Mendes Alexandre · Salto, BR

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC02F2201/006
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fuel filter has a separating device separating, from a medium flow comprising a first medium and a second medium, the first medium as a separated first medium contaminated with the second medium. The fuel filter has a cleaning device receiving a proportion of the second medium contained in the separated first medium. The cleaning device is arranged upstream of a discharge opening for discharging the first medium from the fuel filter. The cleaning device is provided with an absorbent/adsorbent cleaning material. The cleaning material contains or is made of an organoclay as an active component. The organoclay is a bulk material, wherein at least 50 wt. % of the organoclay has an average particle diameter of greater than 50 Φm and smaller than 1,000 Φm.

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