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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Thanh Pham, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph Matthew Mccann, Plymouth, MI (US);
Giriraj Srinivasan, Troy, MI (US);
Roger Khami, Troy, MI (US);
Michael Marvin Landgraf, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Thomas Eric Svenson, Novi, MI (US);
William C. Ronzi, Troy, MI (US);
Thanh Pham, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph Matthew McCann, Plymouth, MI (US);
Giriraj Srinivasan, Troy, MI (US);
Roger Khami, Troy, MI (US);
Michael Marvin Landgraf, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Thomas Eric Svenson, Novi, MI (US);
William C. Ronzi, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor-vehicle air cleaner comprises the filter assembly, an air-cleaner housing configured to fittably and removably accommodate the filter assembly and to enclose the main filter and the auxiliary filter separately when the filter assembly is accommodated in the air-cleaner housing. The motor-vehicle air cleaner further comprises a flow restrictor configured to restrict air flow to the auxiliary filter.