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Secondary air supply device

US6306190A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1999
Grant dateOct 23, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/28
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An air cleaning system for an engine includes a main air cleaner for supplying cleaned air to an intake system of the engine and a sub-air cleaner for supplying cleaned air to an exhaust system of the engine. The main air cleaner includes a main air cleaner housing divided into a dirty air chamber and a clean air chamber by a first air cleaning element. The sub-air cleaner is disposed in the dirty air chamber, and has its own second air cleaning element, physically separated from the first air cleaning element.

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