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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Jim Stevens, Belleville, MI (US);

David Guglielmo, Northville, MI (US);

Kenneth Middleton, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/08 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F01N 13/10 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/089 (2013.01); F01N 13/10 (2013.01); F02D 41/003 (2013.01); F02D 41/009 (2013.01); F02M 35/10222 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0404 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for reducing evaporative emissions from a vehicle. In one example, the vehicle may include a system for capturing emissions including a plurality of vacuum ports coupled to a vacuum source. The plurality of vacuum ports may be disposed in vehicle components prone to emitting hydrocarbon vapors and activation of the vacuum source draws the vapors from the vehicle components to a fuel canister where the evaporative emissions are stored until the fuel canister is purged.


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