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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric Myers, Howell, MI (US);
Yi Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Syed K. Ali, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mike Dong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Carlos Armesto, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 19/00 (2006.01); F02M 37/20 (2006.01); B01D 45/12 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01); B04C 3/06 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/20 (2013.01); B01D 45/12 (2013.01); B01D 17/0217 (2013.01); B01D 19/0042 (2013.01); B01D 19/0057 (2013.01); B01D 21/267 (2013.01); B04C 3/06 (2013.01); F02M 37/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel-air separator includes a chamber with an interior side-wall surface and adjacent interior top and bottom surfaces. An inlet of the fuel-air separator opens to the interior side-wall surface to admit fuel and air and to cause the fuel and air to flow helically down and along the interior side-wall surface. A diptube opens to the bottom surface and extends along an axis of the interior side-wall surface to a fuel outlet, while the separated air is released to the atmosphere.