Patents Represented by Attorney Clements Bernared PLLC
  • Patent number: 8267071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for separating liquids from gases, especially for separating oil particles from blow-by gases of the crankcase ventilation of internal combustion engines. Proceeding from the drawbacks of the known prior art, a device is to be provided that is characterized by a simple, cost-effective and space-saving construction and with which a high separation performance can be achieved. As a solution, it is proposed that the individual flow tubes 2 have at least one tangentially arranged gas inlet 3 at their end facing towards the direction of gas inlet and are closed at the front side 2a adjacent thereto by means of a cover 5, wherein a combined rotational and axial flow with a vortex component is generated in the flow tubes 2, wherein the rotational flow in the individual tubes 2 repeatedly rotates by 360°. The individual flow tubes 2 are part of a base support that has a circumferential edge 1a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Polytec Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans Janssen, Jorge Soares, Tobias Burkert