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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Kouichi Oda, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koushin Wakayama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kouichi Oda, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koushin Wakayama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 33/02 (2006.01); B01D 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A housingaccommodates a pleated filter element. A fuel adsorbent memberis arranged in the housingat a position downstream from the filter element. The fuel adsorbent memberadsorbs evaporative fuel leaking from an engine. The fuel adsorbent memberincludes holding pleats. Each of the holding pleatsis received in the space between an adjacent pair of the element pleatsof the filter element. This maintains the interval between the element pleats. The holding pleatsare formed by folding the fuel adsorbent member