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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Gary P. Harp, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 71/36 (2006.01); B01D 63/14 (2006.01); F02M 37/22 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/08 (2006.01); B01D 39/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/221 (2013.01); B01D 39/08 (2013.01); B01D 39/1623 (2013.01); B01D 39/1692 (2013.01); B01D 63/14 (2013.01); B01D 67/0027 (2013.01); B01D 71/36 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0654 (2013.01); B01D 2239/1216 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
It has been discovered that the function of a fuel filter monitor can be accomplished without the use of SAP. The present invention provides a fuel filter monitor comprising an ePTFE membrane, a support structure adjacent to said ePTFE membrane wherein the membrane is disposed upstream of the support and said monitor prevents penetration of water to the downstream of said fuel wet monitor, where the water can be in the form of discrete water drops in the fuel, or a bulk water stream which displaces the upstream fuel.