Crankcase ventilation inside-out flow rotating coalescer
US8794222B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01M2013/0438
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An internal combustion engine crankcase ventilation rotating coalescer includes an annular rotating coalescing filter element, an inlet port supplying blowby gas from the crankcase to the hollow interior of the annular rotating coalescing filter element, and an outlet port delivering cleaned separated air from the exterior of the rotating element. The direction of blowby gas is inside-out, radially outwardly from the hollow interior to the exterior.
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