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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Mike Dong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Syed K Ali, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammad Usman, Northville, MI (US);
Charles Frank Bartus, Grosse lle, MI (US);
Mike Dong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Syed K Ali, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammad Usman, Northville, MI (US);
Charles Frank Bartus, Grosse lle, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A filter assembly having: an air filter; an air filter compartment having the air filter disposed therein; and a cap covering the air filter compartment. The cap has ribs disposed along inner sidewalls of the cap. The ribs, outer sidewalls of the compartment, and inner sidewalls of the cap form a plurality of channels having inlets for receiving a mixture of air and water. The walls of the channels collect droplets of a water portion of the mixture entering the channels. The collected water portion is removed from the filter assembly by gravity. The air filter compartment receives the air portion of the mixture exiting outlets of the channels. The exiting air portion received by the compartment passes through the air filter and after passing through the air filter passes out of the filter assembly.