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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Stefan Ruppel, Heidelberg Emmertsgrund, DE;
Yakup Ozkaya, Kornwestheim, DE;
Klaus Beetz, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andreas Enderich, Esslingen, DE;
Gerd Kissner, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Ruppel, Heidelberg Emmertsgrund, DE;
Yakup Ozkaya, Kornwestheim, DE;
Klaus Beetz, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andreas Enderich, Esslingen, DE;
Gerd Kissner, Stuttgart, DE;
Mahle International GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () for ventilating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, comprising a ventilation line leading from the crankcase to the suction line of the internal combustion engine, an oil-mist separator () for separating the oil parts from the blow-by-gases containing the oil-mist from the crankcase is arranged in the path thereof. Also, said device () comprises a pump () which is arranged upstream of the oil-mist separator () and which is used to produce a negative pressure. The invention is characterized in that the oil-mist separator () and the pump () are embodied as connected modules thus providing a particularly compact structure.