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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Otto A Ludecke, Rochester, MI (US);
Theodore L Rosebrock, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55313 ; 55314 ; 55420 ; 55478 ; 55484 ; 55487 ; 55498 ; 55DI / ; 60311 ; 60324 ;
Abstract
A serviceable exhaust particulate trap for diesel engines comprising, in a preferred embodiment, a concentric dual bath filter including a tubular outer filter element of high surface area, such as pleated paper or the like, acting as a primary filter, and a tubular mesh-packed secondary filter in a central bypass passage. A normally closed pressure relief valve opens to permit bypass flow through the secondary filter in order to limit back pressure acting on the primary filter under various operating conditions. The particulate trap may be combined in a convenient package with a vehicle muffler.