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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Cummins Filtration Ip, Inc, Columbus, IN (US);
Amit Shashikant Wankhede, Pune, IN;
Peter K. Herman, Stoughton, WI (US);
Arun P. Janakiraman, Stoughton, WI (US);
Christopher E. Holm, Madison, WI (US);
Prashant Wani, Pune, IN;
Abhijit Shimpi, Columbus, IN (US);
CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An automatic drain device is configured for use with a fuel water separator filter system. The automatic drain device includes a solenoid, a water-in-fuel sensor, and a controller configured to operate the automatic drain device by activating the solenoid in response to a signal from the water-in-fuel sensor. The automatic drain device may be utilized with suction side and pressure side fuel water separator filter systems. The automatic drain device operates independently of any user input.