Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. Kg

Mahle Filtersysteme Gmbh

Mast Carbon International, Ltd.

Mast Carbon Automotive Ltd.

Piers Catton

Tho Truong Huynh

Ulrich Karsch

Tobias Lang

Karsten Danielowski

Bjoern Stell

Stephen Robert Tennison

Andrew John Blackburn

Jonathan Robert Tunbridge

Björn Stell

Andrew Wade

Vladimir Strelko, Jr

Huynh Tho Truong

A fuel vapor storage and recovery apparatus () comprising at least one main vapor storage compartment () filled with an adsorbent material, at least one vapor inlet port (), at least one atmospheric vent port (), and at least one purge port (). The vapor inlet port () being connectable to a fuel tank venting line and the purge port () being connectable to an engine air intake line, wherein the main vapor storage compartment () comprises a purge buffer zone () as well as first vapor distribution chamber (), wherein the first fuel vapor distribution chamber () includes a liquid trap.

Carbon canister including liquid separator

The invention refers to a fuel vapor storage and recovery apparatus () comprising at least one main vapor storage compartment () filled with an adsorbent material, at least one vapor inlet port (), at least one atmospheric vent port () and at least one purge port (), said vapor inlet port () being connectable to a fuel tank venting line and said purge port () being connectable to an engine air intake line, wherein said main vapor storage compartment () comprises a purge buffer zone () as well as first and second fuel vapor distribution chambers () not filled with an adsorbent material. Said first fuel vapor distribution chamber is arranged upstream said purge buffer zone () and communicates with said fuel vapor inlet port (). Said second fuel vapor distribution chamber () is arranged downstream said purge buffer zone and communicates with said purge port ().

Fuel vapor storage and recovery apparatus

A fuel vapor storage and recovery apparatus includes a fuel vapor storage canister, said fuel vapor storage canister comprising at least first and second vapor storage compartments filled with an absorbent material, for instance filled with activated carbon, at least a vapor inlet port, an atmospheric vent port and a purge port. Said fuel vapor storage canister defines an air flow path between said vapor inlet port and said atmospheric vent port during shut-off of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle. During purging cycles there is defined an air flow path between said atmospheric vent port and said purge port wherein said first and second vapor storage compartments are arranged in concentric relationship and wherein said first and second vapor storage compartments in flow direction are separated from each other by an air gap diffusion barrier.

The invention relates to an intake manifold () for a primary air system of an internal combustion engine, especially in a motor vehicle. The inventive intake manifold () comprises a pipe section () that is composed of at least two pipe parts () which are produced as injection-molded parts and are joined to each other by means of a connection (). Said connection () is formed by a material that is sprayed on or injected in the area of a dividing line () between the pipe parts ().

Intake manifold and associated production method

An electrical heater element of controlled resistivity which can be used for a wide range of applications is formed from an electrically conductive synthetic porous carbon monolith.

Heater for fluids comprising an electrically conductive porous monolith

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Gosport, United Kingdom

Piers Catton