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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Russell Randall Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald Ignasiak, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0854 (2013.01); F02M 25/0836 (2013.01); F02M 25/089 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for purging a fuel vapor canister into an engine intake. A method comprises flowing fuel vapors from a fuel tank through a full length of the fuel vapor canister from a first input to a first output on a first opposite side from the first input. The adsorbed fuel vapors may be purged from the fuel vapor canister through a full width in the fuel vapor canister from a second input to a second output on a second opposite side from the second input.