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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Charles David Satarino, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James T Dumas, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Johanne Wilson, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Michael Cermak, Milford, MI (US);
Roger Khami, Troy, MI (US);
Neville Jimmy Bugli, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and a fuel vapor recovery system including a carbon canister connected to the fuel tank for collecting fuel vapors from the fuel tank as the tank is being refilled, an air filtering apparatus is provided to supply a flow of clean and dry purge air to the canister for the purging of vapors therefrom. The air filtering apparatus includes gradually spaced baffle means and filter element means and is remotely connected in the evaporative emission control system by hoses connected to the air inlet and air outlet of the canister.