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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Kyle Achor, Monticello, IN (US);
Jerry Hayes, Kokomo, IN (US);
Michael Richards, Kokomo, IN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/20 (2006.01); B01D 53/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); F16K 24/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a vapor vent system for an internal combustion engine such as an outboard marine fuel injected engine. The vapor vent system includes a snap assembly decoupled float vapor vent in order to vent vapors from the vapor separator. The snap assembly design reduces costs, vibration and assembly requirements.