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Blow-by gas separator

US6460524B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 20, 2001
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01M13/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blow-by gas separator, including a separator unit mounted on a front end surface of a cylinder block and having accommodation space for accommodating a drive mechanism that transmits the driving force of the crank shaft of an engine to a driven shaft. The separator unit is provided with a blow-by gas passage chamber formed along the outer peripheral edge of an upper part of the accommodation space, and has formed therein a blow-by gas flow-in port and a blow-by gas flow-out port which are opened in the blow-by gas passage chamber.

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