Crankcase ventilation inside-out flow rotating coalescer
US9885265B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2035 |
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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 annual rotating coalescing filter element, an inlet port supplying blow by gas from the crankcase to the hollow interior of the annular rotating coalescing filter element, and an outlet port delivering clean separated, air from the exterior of the rotating element. The direction of flow by gas inside-out, radially, outwardly from the hollow interior to the exterior.
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