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Carbon canister drained vapor diffusing device

US4727955A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 1986
Grant dateMar 1, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M25/0854
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a motor vehicle having in an engine room a carbon canister for adsorbing a vapor from a fuel tank, there is provided a vapor diffusing device which comprises a front side channel member extending in the engine room from a front portion of the vehicle toward a passenger room of the same, a structure incorporated with a part of the channel member to define an enclosed chamber, a first arrangement for fluidly connecting the interior of the enclosed chamber with a purge air opening of the carbon canister, and a second arrangement for defining a vapor diffusing opening through which the interior of the enclosed chamber is exposed to the interior of the engine room.

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