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Oil centrifuge having a throttle point and safety valve

US9844785B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Bauditsch · Brackenheim, DE
Martin Weindorf · Kornwestheim, DE
Helmuth Haubenreich · Ludwigsburg, DE
Thomas Storch · Gänserndorf, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2014
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04B9/10
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An oil centrifuge has an integral, rotatably mounted centrifuge rotor and a feed tube connected to the centrifuge rotor. A flow path is provided that supplies oil to the centrifuge rotor. The feed tube is a section of the flow path. The flow path has a throttle point having a reduced throttle cross section that is reduced relative to an upstream flow path cross section of the flow path upstream of the throttle point.

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