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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jason Haer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Mardall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott I. Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US);
Adam Maser, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter How, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Grimmer, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
TESLA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 10/627 (2014.01); H01M 10/656 (2014.01); H01M 2/14 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); B04C 9/00 (2006.01); B04C 3/06 (2006.01); H01M 10/6565 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/12 (2013.01); B04C 3/06 (2013.01); B04C 9/00 (2013.01); H01M 2/1072 (2013.01); H01M 2/1264 (2013.01); H01M 2/14 (2013.01); H01M 10/627 (2015.04); H01M 10/6565 (2015.04); B04C 2009/004 (2013.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex separator includes: a housing having a cylindrical chamber therein; an inlet through a mantle of the cylindrical chamber, the inlet positioned at a proximal end of the housing; a pipe that enters the housing at the proximal end and extends axially through the cylindrical chamber toward a distal end of the housing which is closed; an outlet through the mantle, the outlet positioned at the distal end; and a catch basin at the outlet.