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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Cummins Filtration Ip, Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Inventors:
Saru Dawar, McFarland, WI (US);
Scott W. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Brian W. Schwandt, Fort Atkinson, WI (US);
Barry Mark Verdegan, Stoughton, WI (US);
Assignee:
CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC, Columbus, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 25/06 (2006.01); F01M 13/04 (2006.01); F02M 25/06 (2016.01); F01M 13/00 (2006.01); F01M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 13/04 (2013.01); F02M 25/06 (2013.01); F01M 2001/1021 (2013.01); F01M 2013/0072 (2013.01); F01M 2013/0422 (2013.01); F01M 2013/0438 (2013.01); Y02T 10/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system is provided for regenerating and cleaning an air-oil coalescer of a crankcase ventilation system of an internal combustion engine generating blowby gas in a crankcase. The coalescer coalesces oil from the blowby gas. The method and system includes regenerating and cleaning the coalescer by intermittent rotation thereof.