Patent classifications
B01D35/0273
AN ENGINE OIL SYSTEM AND A LID
The invention relates to an engine oil system (1, 1, 101) for supplying oil to oil using components (3) in a vehicle (800). The engine oil system comprises an oil pan (10) for holding oil received from the oil using components, an oil pump (20) fluidly connected to the oil pan for pumping oil from the oil pan to the oil using components, and an oil filter (30, 30 130) configured for cleaning the oil. The oil filter has a filter inlet (32, 32, 132) for receiving oil to be cleaned, and a filter outlet (34, 34 134) for discharging oil from the oil filter. The oil filter is arranged in the oil pan such that, in use, the filter outlet discharges oil into the oil pan.
GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR
A gas-liquid separator includes a housing being supplied with water-containing gas, a gas-liquid separation portion being provided inside the housing and separating water from water-containing gas, a water storage portion being arranged on a bottom portion of the housing and storing water separated by the gas-liquid separation portion, and a valve mechanism enabling discharge of and stop of the discharge of water in the water storage portion via a discharge flow path communicating with the water storage portion. An inner wall of the housing has a guide surface flowing water toward the water storage portion and is provided with a regulating portion regulating staying of water in a vicinity of a flow-in port of the discharge flow path.
FUEL PUMP WITH INTEGRAL VAPOR TRAP SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD
An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump housing may include an integral vapor trap.
Suction filter and fuel supply device
A suction filter includes a filter element disposed in a fuel tank and filtering a stored fuel that is a fuel stored in the fuel tank by allowing the stored fuel passing the filter element into an inner space, a dividing wall element disposed to divide the inner space into a first space, into which a filtered fuel that is the fuel filtered by the filter element flows, and a second space, to which an intake port drawing in the filtered fuel is opened, and enclosing the first space together with the filter element and enclosing the second space together with the filter element, and a passage element including an inflow port opened to the second space and an outflow port to which an intake pressure is applied by the intake port and defining a flow passage through which filtered fuel flows from the inflow port toward the outflow port.
Fluid degassing devices having selected profiles
A fluid degassing device can include a shell configured to retain a selectively permeable hollow fiber bundle, wherein the shell defines a first flow port and a second flow port and at least a third flow port, and a selectively permeable hollow fiber bundle having a plurality of hollow fibers disposed within the shell such that a first flow circuit is defined between the first flow port and the second flow port, and a second flow circuit is defined in fluid communication with at least the third port such that an inner channel of one or more of the hollow fibers is in fluid communication with at least the third flow port, wherein second flow circuit is partially fluidly isolated from the first flow circuit such that at least one first fluid cannot pass through a wall of one or more hollow fibers, but such that at least one second fluid can pass through the wall of the one or more hollow fibers. The shell and the fiber bundle include a non-cylindrical shape.
WATER FILTRATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS
The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for water filtration. In one implementation, a system includes a water receptacle to house unfiltered water, the receptacle including an aperture located in a sidewall, a valve component located on an exterior surface of the sidewall in alignment with a filter housing located on an interior surface of the sidewall filtrate the unfiltered water. In one implementation, a method includes filling a water receptacle with unfiltered water, filtrating the unfiltered water through a filter housing in the water receptacle to obtain filtered water, and moving the filtered water from the filter housing and out of a valve component connected to a first end of a filter housing.
System and method for supporting an in-tank fuel pump
An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump is capable of pressurizing the fuel to pressures suitable for use in fuel injection type engines. A resiliently deformable in-tank fuel filter may be coupled to the pump.
FILTER DEVICE
A filter device for transmission oil, having a filter element (24) which can be inserted into a transmission oil pan (70) and the filter medium (32) of which separates an unfiltered side from a filtrate chamber, which is connected in a fluid-conveying manner to an outlet (38, 50, 72), to which a negative-pressure device such as a suction oil pump, can be connected, wherein the filter medium (32) of the filter element (24) has at least one structural layer (46) having a predetermined surface area and predeterminable filter properties and having at least one further structural layer (44, 60) having predeterminable filter properties, wherein the surface area of the further structural layer (44; 60) is different from the surface area of the first structural layer (46), and wherein the respective structural layers (44, 46, 60) encompass an inner filter cavity (30), is characterized in that the respective structural layers (44, 46, 60) are pleated having the same type of pleats, in that the pleated structural layers (44, 46, 60) [extend] in axial alignment between two end caps (22, 34) of the filter element (24), [and in that,] viewed in the flow direction of the fluid flow to be cleaned, the respective structural layers (44, 60) having the higher filtration grade are downstream of an upstream structural layer (46) each having a lower filtration grade.
LIQUID FILTER AND TANK FILTER SYSTEM INCLUDING A LIQUID FILTER
A liquid filter for removing particles from a liquid, in particular from fuel or a urea solution, includes a first filter medium, a second filter medium, and a supporting frame including a supporting frame wall. The supporting frame wall includes first and front faces facing away from each other. The first filter medium is fastened to the first front face in a fluid-tight manner, and the second filter medium is fastened to the second front face in a fluid-tight manner. The supporting frame, the first filter medium, and the second filter medium enclose an interior space. The supporting frame includes a passage opening, a first filter element being situated in the interior space and being connected, in a fluid-conducting manner, to an exterior space of the liquid filter using the passage opening.
FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY
A pump assembly for a fluid tank extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a cover at an external end, the cover including a flange that extends radially outward of the longitudinal axis, an insertable end opposite the external end along the longitudinal axis, and a rotatable arm that is flexible such that, when the rotatable arm is resiliently bent such that the rotatable arm has a radial extent, from the longitudinal axis, that is less than the flange, the sender assembly is in a compact state in which the insertable end and the flange would be able to move straight along the longitudinal axis, which is coaxial with a center axis of an opening of the fluid tank, from a position where the insertable end initially enters the opening to a position where the flange engages the fluid tank.