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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bryce Andrew Schwager, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123520 ; 123516 ;
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vapor management system for the fuel system of a motor vehicle includes two carbon canisters for the capturing of fuel vapor from the vehicle's fuel tank. A fuel vapor control valve allows loading of the fuel vapor into the canisters in series and subsequent purging in parallel to the air intake of the vehicle's engine.