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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Hitomi Miyake, Miki, JP;
Takemi Inoue, Kakogawa, JP;
Ichiro Uemura, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuhiro Yamakawa, Maryvill, MO (US);
Hitomi Miyake, Miki, JP;
Takemi Inoue, Kakogawa, JP;
Ichiro Uemura, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuhiro Yamakawa, Maryvill, MO (US);
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A breathing system in a combustion engine includes an air cleaner () for purifying air to be supplied to the engine. The air cleaner () includes a cleaner casing () having a blow-by gas inlet port () and an intake air discharge port (). The breathing system also includes a breather passage () having first and second breather passage portions. The first breather passage portion is fluidly connected with the inlet port () for communicating a crank chamber () to a portion of an interior of the air cleaner () downstream of the cleaner element (). The second breather passage portion fluidly connects the blow-by gas inlet port () and the intake air discharge port () and has a drain hole () for draining into the cleaner casing () a water component, separated from a blow-by gas (G) flowing through the breather passage ().