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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110011259 | Cleaning of an air filter screen of an agricultural vehicle A method and apparatus are disclosed for unblocking a perforated rotary filter screen. In the invention, at least one jet of high pressure air is directed at a surface of the filter screen as the filter screen is rotated and the or each jet of air is moved in a directio... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100081369 | PERSONAL VENTILATION IN AN AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT An apparatus comprises an inlet capable of receiving air around a seat, a contaminant conditioning system, an outlet, and a fan system. The contaminant conditioning system may be capable of removing contaminants from the air to form conditioned air. The outlet may be ca... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100065375 | REDUCED GULP FLUID RESERVOIR An assembly includes a reservoir for holding a fluid, and a scavenge passage connected to the reservoir at a reservoir inlet. The scavenge passage returns the fluid from a delivery location to the reservoir. A bleed passage is connected in fluid communication between th... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100050578 | VEHICLE DRAIN HOLE STRUCTURE A vehicle drain hole structure includes an enclosure (e.g., an air intake tube, an intake enclosure, a resonator, a cleaner, etc.) defined by at least one wall. The at least one wall has an inner surface and an outer surface. A drain hole is defined in the at least one ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100031615 | Systems and methods for filtering fuel The present disclosure is directed to a manifold for a filter assembly. The manifold includes a first base which may define a first inlet configured to direct fuel flow to a first filter element, and a first outlet configured to direct fuel flow from the first filter el... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090308249 | Rotative Inertial Impactor Gas-Oil Separator for Internal Combustion Engine An internal combustion engine gas-oil separator is provided by one or more rotative inertial impactor separators in an interior chamber of the engine and mounted to a rotating engine shaft in such interior chamber.... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090282858 | Semi-Closed Air-Cycle Refrigeration System and a Positive-Pressure Snow Removal Cyclone Separator Therefor A refrigeration system that includes at least one semi-closed air-refrigerated chamber and an air-cycle refrigeration loop for drawing air from the refrigerated chamber(s), cools the air, and returns the now-cooled air to the refrigerated chamber(s). The refrigeration l... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090158933 | Lint Filter Device and Method for Cleaning a Lint Filter Device A lint filter device for an airflow in a tumble dryer, comprising an endlessly circulating element, arranged around at least two deflector elements and positioned such as to be crossed by the airflow. The circulating element has an upper edge and a lower edge and first ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090120046 | Hydrocarbon Adsorber with Purge Airflow Channel An air cleaner assembly and an air induction system for an internal combustion engine. The air cleaner assembly preferably is formed using first and second housing members that are assembled to define an interior volume. A hydrocarbon adsorber is located within air indu... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090107087 | CYCLONIC AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY An apparatus and method is a fan to direct air through a screen to cool the engine. A cyclonic air cleaner assembly receives air from the blower fan and directs the air towards a carburetor.... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090090090 | AIR CLEANER FOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME An air cleaner 10 includes an air cleaner case 3 having an inlet 1 for introducing air and an outlet 2 for ejecting air. An intake pipe 5 having an intake opening 4 opened upward or obliquely upward in the air cleaner case 3<... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090064642 | Gas-liquid separation device of engine A bearing holder (66) having a bearing (67) rotatably supporting a crankshaft (14) is fixed so as to face an opening (11k) of the engine case (11). A gas-liquid separation chamber (83) is formed between a cover member ( 03/12/2009 | |
| 20090056288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS AND FOR DIAGNOSING DAMAGE THERETO An apparatus for pneumatic cleaning of diesel particulate filters (DPF). First and second nozzle members direct flows of compressed air into the axially-extending filter cells from both ends of the filter, the nozzle members generally being offset so as to avoid blowing... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090049807 | Compensating Shaft Module The invention relates to a compensating shaft module of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle or similar, comprising a compensating shaft and a cartridge which receives the compensating shaft at least in areas and is maintained by means of bearings. Said cart... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090050095 | Air Cleaner, Engine Unit and Straddle-Type Vehicle An air cleaner includes an air intake port and an exhaust port on a side opposite to the intake port. A filter extends to the exhaust port side from the intake port side and divides the air cleaner into suction side and exhaust side air chambers. A distance between a si... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090050105 | SWIRL GENERATOR A swirl generator is arranged in a duct through which air is sent from the exterior to an air cleaner. The swirl generator has a plurality of guide vanes, which change the flow direction of an air flow. Each of the guide vanes has a guide fin that adjusts the air flow a... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090042997 | FLUOROALKYL ACID AMIDE SURFACTANTS Compounds of formula (I) and formula (III): wherein
| 02/12/2009 |
| 20090025347 | MULTI-THROAT AIR FILTER An air filter is provided having a filter body and a throat connected to a bottom of the filter body. The throat includes a plurality of throat sections. Each of the plurality of throat sections has a different inner diameter. The throat may further included molded trim... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090007527 | Vehicle fuel supply device A vehicle fuel supply device 1 according to the present invention includes a fuel pump 7 for sucking fuel 5 in a fuel tank 2 via a suction filter 12 and supplying the same to a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine; a fue... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090000586 | Air Intake System An air intake system for a combustion apparatus is described. The system comprises an air separator (16, 116, 216, 316) having an inlet for receiving air and an outlet, the outlet adapted to be coupled to an air intake of a combustion apparatus, wherein the air s... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080295814 | Internal Combustion Engine The invention relates to an internal combustion engine (1), in particular in a motor vehicle, having a fresh air system (3) for supplying fresh air, which is extracted from the environment (20) of the internal combustion engine (1), to combus... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080276580 | Oil Mist Removal Device with Oil Fill An oil mist removal device, with oil fill, is provided for an internal combustion engine. A housing has first and second passages, and a separator therebetween. An oil fill port in the first passage is provided for adding oil to the engine.... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080257148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIC PARTICULATE FILTRATION The present invention provides systems and methods for organic particulate filtration. An organic particulate filtration system is implemented within a fossil fuel power plant combustion system. The filtration system comprises a gas flow, in which gas are entrained part... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080229720 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring the Restriction Level of a Vehicular Air Filter Element A process is provided for monitoring the filter restriction level of a filter element. The filter element is utilized by an air induction system deployed on a vehicle that includes a mass air flow sensor, a manifold pressure sensor, and a throttle position sensor. The p... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080196364 | Oil Separating Apparatus and Cylinder Head Cover for an Internal Combustion Engine An oil separating apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises an upstream oil-separating element for through flowing blow-by gas, a downstream oil-separating element for through flowing blow-by gas connected in series with said upstream oil-separating element,... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080083420 | Hair treatment application system Disclosed herein is a hair treatment application system (10) and methods to use the same. The hair treatment application system (10) comprises the combination of at least one absorbent substrate (30) having specific median pore radius of from about ... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080083333 | Dust collector A dust collector includes a collection unit including a suction pipe and a Roots blower outwardly discharging the air having passed through the collection unit. The collection unit further includes a rotational shaft rotatably mounted in a housing of the case and dispos... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080041025 | HVAC system with moving filter An endless filtering sheet, having an interior entrained about rollers, extends in a path of movement over an air inlet in a housing for receiving air flow and presents an exterior from which dirt and debris collected from the incoming air flow and which dirt and debris... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080047005 | ACCESS MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARED MEMORY In an access monitoring method and device for shared memory which can monitor access information from an arbitrary processor to a shared memory regardless of a type of a multi-processor system, a bus interface within a shared memory board receives, from an arbitrary req... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080028732 | Air filter system and air cleaning method The invention relates to an air filter system comprising at least one drum filter, the surface area of this filter being provided with a filter medium, and a suction device for cleaning the inside of the surface area, wherein a driving device displaces at least one suct... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20060283157 | Rotating filter screen with baffle A rotating filter screen assembly is provided for filtering debris from cooling and combustion air provided to an engine system having an engine fan adapted to draw air through the filter screen assembly. The filter screen assembly includes a rotating filter screen havi... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20050081495 | Filter device and cleaning method therefor A filter device. The filter device comprises a first shaft, a second shaft separated from the first shaft by a predetermined distance, a filter looped around the first shaft and the second shaft and moved as the first and the second shafts rotate, and a brush contacting... | 04/21/2005 |
