Oil separator

US5800584A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heiko Hinderer · Waiblingen, DE
• Lothar Keller · Stuttgart, DE
• Guenter Jokschas · Murrhardt, DE
• Michael Wolf · North Tonawanda, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 1, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M2013/0438
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An oil separator for separating oil from oil-laden air has a housing, an inlet for oil-charged air to enter the housing, one or more coalescer elements arranged on a support body inside the housing, and outlets for the separated air and for the separated oil to exit the housing. Each end of the support body and a corresponding end of the coalescer element are fastened to a molded component. At least one molded component is in sealing contact with a sealing surface of the housing.