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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Yasuhiro Saito, Tokoname, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Saito, Tokoname, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present apparatus includes a cross-flow filtration fuel separator having a separation membrane separating by permeation, fuel from lubricating oil flowing in an oil circuit of an internal combustion engine; a vapor-liquid separator separating the fuel separated by the fuel separator, into a gas component and a liquid component; and a fuel collector (canister) collecting the gas component of the fuel separated by the vapor-liquid separator.