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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William K. Capshaw, San Antonio, TX (US);
John C. Hedrick, San Antonio, TX (US);
David W. Naegeli, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael G. Ross, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 1/16 ;
Abstract
An on-board fuel vapor recovery system draws vapors from a fuel tank, compresses the vapors, and then cools the compressed vapors to form a condensate liquid fuel which is stored in an auxiliary condensate tank for introduction to an engine for enhanced cold start operation.