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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2011
Timothy Gerard Offerle, Saline, MI (US);
Todd Robert Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mike Lazzarotti, Northville, MI (US);
Dahmane Alem, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Adam Wirth, Belleville, MI (US);
Timothy Gerard Offerle, Saline, MI (US);
Todd Robert Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mike Lazzarotti, Northville, MI (US);
Dahmane Alem, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Adam Wirth, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An oil filter reservoir includes a reservoir housing having a filter, which divides the housing into an oil inlet chamber and an oil outlet chamber. A housing inlet and a housing outlet circulate oil in and out of the reservoir housing. The filter includes a permeable wall and a bypass valve, which releases the increased oil pressure and volume in the inlet chamber during cold temperature operation. A baffle in the outlet chamber is spaced apart from the bypass valve and permits limited oil flow through the baffle. The baffle separates the outlet chamber into a reserve chamber and a bypass chamber.