Filter Supported By Frame (e.g., Bag Shaped Filter In Fuel Tank For Engine, Etc.) Patents (Class 210/172.4)
  • Patent number: 10974182
    Abstract: Filter media and media packs that provide robust performance in high-speed rotating coalescer (HSRC) elements for crankcase ventilation systems are described. The filter media is HSRC filter media. As such, the filter media has a higher resistance to compressibility than traditional coalescer filter media, such as filter media used in low-speed rotating coalescer arrangements or stationary coalescer arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Brian W. Schwandt, Saru Dawar, Christopher E. Holm, Jerald J. Moy, Barry M. Verdegan
  • Patent number: 10016710
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a filter apparatus (10) for a liquid vessel (30), in particular for aqueous urea solution. The filter apparatus (10) comprises a filter housing (11) having a through opening (12), and a liquid-permeable and air-impermeable filter element (16) which is connected to the filter housing (11) in such a way that the filter element (16) closes the through opening (12) of said filter housing (11) at least partially, with the result that the through opening (12) is liquid-permeable and air-impermeable. The filter apparatus (10) comprises, furthermore, at least one liquid outlet connection (17) which is fluidically connected to the through opening (12) of the filter housing (11). The filter apparatus (10) according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that it comprises a heating device (20; 21, 22) which is connected directly to the filter housing (11) and/or is integrated into the filter housing (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Volker Treudt
  • Patent number: 9421483
    Abstract: A pre-filter for a fuel pump in a fuel module which includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion that form a channel when the portions are connected together. There is a first port and a second port integrally formed as part of the second portion, and the channel allows for fuel flow between a valve, such as a thermostatic valve in fluid communication with the first port, and a fuel pump in fluid communication with the second port. Both the valve and the pump are connected to the pre-filter. A first portion of the housing includes a mesh, and a second portion of the housing also includes a mesh, which allow for fuel disposed in a reservoir to flow through each mesh and into the second port, providing additional fuel flow to supplement the fuel flow from the thermostatic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Goll, Cristina Malek Guerrieri
  • Patent number: 9376950
    Abstract: A container main body of a reducing agent tank stores a reducing agent. A suction pipe has a suction port positioned in the container main body, and guides the reducing agent from the suction port to outside of the container main body. The strainer is provided at the suction port of the suction pipe. The strainer includes a surrounding portion and a facing portion. The surrounding portion has a filter portion which surrounds an internal space to partition the internal space and an external space of the strainer and allows the reducing agent to pass through between the internal space and the external space. The facing portion extends into the internal space of the surrounding portion to face with the filter portion through a gap space communicating with the suction port in the internal space and partition the gap space and the external space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogawa, Taisuke Kusaba, Masatoshi Kajiya
  • Patent number: 9132366
    Abstract: A fuel filter includes a filter member formed in a bag shape by a filter material sheet; and a frame member disposed inside the filter member. The frame member includes a base frame spreading out inside the filter member, and a cantilever spring formed in the base frame. The base frame includes first frames extending in a long-side direction, and second frames connected to the first frames and extending in a short-side direction perpendicular to the long-side direction. The first frames include a bent portion which is bent between portions wherein adjacent second frames are connected. A base end portion of the cantilever spring is connected to a second frame, and an end portion of the cantilever spring is disposed between adjacent second frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ueki
  • Patent number: 8956435
    Abstract: A primary filter cage wall element is adapted to form, together with at least one complementary filter cage wall element, a tubular baghouse filter cage segment. The filter cage wall elements are provided with snap-locks, for snapping a first long side of the primary filter cage wall element to a second long side of the complementary filter cage wall element, and for snapping a second long side of the primary filter cage wall element to a first long side of the complementary filter cage wall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Per-Erik A. Appelo
  • Patent number: 8828104
    Abstract: A device and method for removing moisture from ethanol blended fuel in a fuel tank comprises a container made of a non-woven nylon fabric, a desiccant, and a gelling agent; wherein the desiccant and gelling agent are inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: B3C Fuel Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Brian Boezi
  • Patent number: 8784656
    Abstract: A preliminary filter for a fuel delivery unit of a motor vehicle, with a filter fabric which is tensioned by a supporting edge. The supporting edge is manufactured integrally with a connecting piece for connection to the fuel delivery unit and with transverse webs and supporting ribs. The preliminary filter has few components to be assembled and can be manufactured particularly cost-effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Holger Wehner
  • Patent number: 8764977
    Abstract: A sump filter assembly for filtering hydraulic fluid supplied by a transmission sump includes a filter housing, a support member, a retainer member, and a biasing member. The filter housing has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface opposes a bottom surface of the transmission sump. The support member includes a first end portion attached to the filter housing. The retainer member is slideably connected to the support member and includes a first end portion having a retaining surface, wherein the retaining surface opposes the top surface of the filter housing. The biasing member has a first end in contact with the retaining surface of the retainer member and a second end in contact with the top surface of the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Todd A Frerichs, Michael P. Fannin, John A. Diemer, Robert Neil Paciotti
  • Patent number: 8728308
    Abstract: A filter has an elongated filter envelope with an inner pocket containing filter material and configured to receive fluid filtered by the filter envelope. The filter envelope has a bent position defined by a port portion and a loop portion, the loop portion and the port portion overlapping each other at least partially. A port is attached to the filter envelope proximate the port end and is configured to be connected to a hydraulic device and to allow fluid to be released from the pocket. The filter envelope has a periphery with a sealed rim and a slit splitting a portion of the rim so as to form a flexible retention element unitarily attached to the loop portion of the filter envelope. The retention element is positioned around one of the port and the port portion of the filter envelope to retain the filter envelope in the bent position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Kuss Filtration Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Schnipke, Gary L. Rickle
  • Patent number: 8673141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a suction oil filter device for an engine or a transmission that has an oil inlet and an oil outlet on the filter housing, a suction oil pump connectable to the oil outlet, using which a partial vacuum may be generated between oil inlet and oil outlet, a fine filter medium and an ultrafine filter medium, which are situated between the oil inlet and the oil outlet. The fine filter medium is attached to the oil inlet or to the oil outlet, and the ultrafine filter medium is situated before the fine filter medium in the flow direction and in a secondary flow area of the filter housing. A high filtration performance may thus be achieved at low production outlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: IBS Filtran Kunststoff/Metallerzeugnisse GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stausberg, Markus Beer
  • Patent number: 8663469
    Abstract: A strainer wall structure includes curved sections, a method of manufacturing the same, and a filtering method using the strainer wall structure to provide a substantially larger effective filtering area in the same length and width, substantially reducing foreign substances covering a suction surface and flow resistance of the foreign substances, and reducing pressure drop at a cooling water pass corresponding thereto. The strainer wall structure includes an inlet side through which cooling water is introduced and an outlet side through which the filtered cooling water is discharged, includes a body having openings in directions of the inlet side and the outlet side, and a first filter plate inserted into the body and including curved sections formed by alternately bending a first punched plate having filtering holes in opposite directions and at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., BHI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Yeol Kim, Hyeong Teak Kim, Chang Hyun Kim, Sang Won Lee, Jong In Woo
  • Publication number: 20130206663
    Abstract: A fuel filter device is provided in which a filter assembly having filter layers of first multiple layers is provided in a fuel flow path extending from the interior of a fuel tank to fuel consumption means via a fuel pump, and the finest filter layer is disposed downstream-most in filter layers of second multiple layers forming at least part of the first multiple layers, wherein an aggregation-promoting part (24A) that promotes aggregation of dust in fuel by changing the flow direction or flow velocity of fuel is provided in the filter assembly (20A) so that aggregation of dust in fuel is promoted before the upstream side of at least the second finest filter layer (22A) of the filter layers (21A, 22A, 23A) among the second multiple layers. This enables the durability of the fuel filter device to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Tsubasa Ishii, Hideaki Ando, Fujio Umebayashi, Junichi Toda, Keita Kinoshita, Hiroaki Oto
  • Patent number: 8475659
    Abstract: A strainer wall structure that removes foreign substances from a fluid suctioned into a pipe and a re-circulation pump that is part of an emergency core cooling system (ECCS). The strainer wall structure has an inlet side and an outlet side through which cooling water is introduced and discharged, respectively, and includes a body having an opening in a direction of the inlet side, closed side surfaces, and an outlet port disposed at one of the closed side surfaces. The strainer includes a punched plate filter screen inserted into the opening. A modular cassette apparatus including grooved first filter plates is inserted into the body, and second filter plates having second grooves is inserted into the first grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., BHI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Jong Oh, Sang Yeol Kim, Hyeong Teak Kim, Chang Hyun Kim, Sang Won Lee, Jong In Woo
  • Patent number: 8460542
    Abstract: A suction filter may comprise a bag-shaped filter member and a passage member. The passage member is disposed in an internal space of the filter member. The passage member has a fuel passage and a plurality of openings, and guides fuel from the internal space to the outside of the internal space. The openings communicate the internal space of the filter member to the fuel passage. When the passage member is cut along a surface thereof perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the passage member in each of the openings, a position on an outer circumferential surface of the passage member in the cut surface, in which the distance between the outer circumferential surface and the filter member is the smallest, is distant in a circumferential direction from a position on the outer circumferential surface where the opening is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Oku, Tetsuya Hara, Yoshinobu Kato
  • Patent number: 8453622
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a plurality of fuel pumps, and one suction filter. The suction filter includes connection portions that are connected to pump inlets of the fuel pumps, and an interval adjusting member that adjusts the interval between the connection portions in accordance with the interval between the fuel pumps. Thus, it is possible to fit the suction filter to the fuel pumps without changing the interval between the fuel pumps. Because the interval between pump outlets is not changed, it is possible to minimize the problems that are likely to occur when the suction filter is fitted to the fuel pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Iwaoka, Norihiro Hayashi, Masakazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8372278
    Abstract: A liquid fuel strainer assembly includes a filter body of filtration media. The filter body includes a first wall and an opposing second wall shaped to define an enclosed interior space therebetween. A fitting connects the filter body to a fuel pump, and provides fluid communication from the enclosed interior space of the filter body to the fuel pump. A flexible tube is disposed within the enclosed interior space of the filter body. The flexible tube prevents the first wall and the second wall from collapsing toward each other to allow fuel to flow through the enclosed interior space toward the fitting. The flexible tube is not attached to either the fitting or the filter body, and is freely moveable within the enclosed interior space of the filter body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Peter N. C. Nguyen, Gordon G. Rinke
  • Patent number: 8292089
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a screen. The apparatus comprising a cylindrical screen for submerging in a fluid, the screen having an inlet pipe for connecting to a piping system, filter members, a first end, a second and a support structure. The support structure is one or more helical members which traverse the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay R. Osborne, Michael Ekholm, Dan Ganfield
  • Patent number: 8269179
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a projection system configured to project the radiation beam onto a substrate, and a filter system for filtering debris particles out of the radiation beam. The filter system includes a plurality of foils for trapping the debris particles, a support for holding the plurality of foils, and a cooling system having a surface that is arranged to be cooled. The cooling system and the support are positioned with respect to each other such that a gap is formed between the surface of the cooling system and the support. The cooling system is further arranged to inject gas into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Arnoud Cornelis Wassink, Levinus Pieter Bakker, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Frank Jeroen Pieter Schuurmans
  • Patent number: 8173013
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel filter in which is disposed in a fuel suction port of a fuel tank or in a fuel line and used to filter the fuel. At least one of filter materials constituting the fuel filter is made into a multifunctional filter material having a function of trapping dust of different particle diameters in stages, by differing the diameter of the pores in the filter material from the primary side to the secondary side of the filter material so that the size of the pores decreases toward the secondary side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroji Sato, Yasushi Ueki, Kensuke Ogose
  • Patent number: 8137546
    Abstract: A filter device includes a bag-shape filter body. The filter device is attached in a manner such that an internal space of the filter body connects through to a fuel intake port in a fuel tank. The filter body includes two or more filter materials overlaying each other. At least one of the filter materials is configured so that a cross sectional area of its fuel passage is different between a primary side and a secondary side of the filter material so as to be a multifunctional filter material having a function of gradually capturing dust having different particle sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: NIFCO, Inc.
    Inventor: Kensuke Ogose
  • Patent number: 8052868
    Abstract: A fuel filter device includes a bag-shaped filter member and is adapted to be attached to communicate an inner space of the filter member with a fuel suction opening in a fuel tank. The filter member is configured in a multilayer structure. At least one layer of the filter member is configured to serve as an inhibition layer having a structure to prevent water in a fuel tank form coming into the inner space of the filter member by a pressure applied to the filter member when the water is frozen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroji Sato, Yasushi Ueki, Shigeru Takahashi, Takaya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8038877
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil filter apparatus comprising an oil inlet and an oil outlet, with a suction oil pump being connectable to the oil outlet with which a negative pressure can be produced between the oil inlet (and the oil outlet, a coarse filter medium and a fine filter medium which is arranged between the oil inlet and the oil outlet, with the oil filter apparatus being capable of allowing a volume share of the oil to pass permanently through the coarse filter medium irrespective of the viscosity of an oil passing through the oil inlet and of allowing at the same time the remaining volume share of the oil to pass through the fine filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: IBS Filtran Kunststoff-/Metallerzeugnisse GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stausberg, Michael Dedering
  • Publication number: 20110215039
    Abstract: A modular water purification system is optimized for versatility and weight using a pump component that is mountable by standardized fittings into alternative prime mover modules that can receive and power the pump. The pump can be a heavy high pressure pump for a reverse osmosis stage, interchangeably mounted on an internal combustion engine module or an electric motor module. The pump is enclosed and protected by a frame with end plates, elongated bar handles and a standardized base that fits into and is fixed by a sliding flange and clamping structure, locating the pump precisely to engage a rotational fitting on the pump shaft with a complementary fitting coupled to the prime mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: TerraGroup Corporation
    Inventors: Primo L. Acernese, James Novak, JR., Joseph J. Totenbier
  • Patent number: 7998347
    Abstract: An assembly for filtering contaminants from automatic transmission fluid includes a housing including a first inlet and a second inlet, through which fluid enters the housing, and an outlet, through which fluid exits the housing; a first media filter located within the housing in a first fluid flow path between the first inlet and the outlet; and a second media filter located within the housing in a second fluid flow path between the second inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lev Pekarsky, Robb D. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20110180469
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel filter in which is disposed in a fuel suction port of a fuel tank or in a fuel line and used to filter the fuel. At least one of filter materials constituting the fuel filter is made into a multifunctional filter material having a function of trapping dust of different particle diameters in stages, by differing the diameter of the pores in the filter material from the primary side to the secondary side of the filter material so that the size of the pores decreases toward the secondary side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Hiroji Sato, Yasushi Ueki, Kensuke Ogose
  • Patent number: 7964096
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first connection part 1 adapted to be connected to a fuel pump; a second connection part 21 adapted to be connected to a path for a returned portion of fuel; and a filter member 3 having an inner space 30 communicating with an inlet port 10 of the first connection part 1 and an outlet port 20 of the second connection part 2. A tubular member 22 has a leading edge 22a formed with the outlet port 20 of the second connection part 2. The leading edge 22a of the tubular member 22 is opened to be disposed in the inlet port 10 of the first connection part 1 so as to have a gap between an outer peripheral surface 22b of the tubular member 22 and an opening edge 10a of the inlet port 10 of the first connection part 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Nifco, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihide Kimisawa, Yasushi Ueki
  • Publication number: 20110132825
    Abstract: A filtering device may includes a bag-shaped filter member that is capable of being connected to a fuel inlet port of a fuel pump disposed in a fuel tank in order to filtrate fuel drawn by the fuel pump, and a wall member that is connected to the filter member such that a fuel reservoir portion can be defined above the filter member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshio Nishio
  • Patent number: 7950527
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a screen. The apparatus comprising a cylindrical screen for submerging in a fluid, the screen having an inlet pipe for connecting to a piping system, filter members, a first end, a second and a support structure. The support structure is one or more helical members which traverse the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay R. Osborne, Michael Ekholm, Dan Ganfield
  • Patent number: 7901572
    Abstract: A filter apparatus F includes a bag-shape filter body and is attached in such a manner that an internal space of the filter body is connected to a fuel inlet in a fuel tank. The filter body includes two or more filter materials laminated each other. At least one of the filter materials is formed of an unwoven cloth having an average aperture diameter of 30 ?m or less. A filter material made of an unwoven cloth having a maximum aperture diameter of 100 ?m or less is disposed outside of the filter material made of the unwoven cloth having the average aperture diameter of 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: NIFCO Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroji Sato
  • Publication number: 20100206793
    Abstract: A suction filter may comprise a bag-shaped filter member and a passage member. The passage member is disposed in an internal space of the filter member. The passage member has a fuel passage and a plurality of openings, and guides fuel from the internal space to the outside of the internal space. The openings communicate the internal space of the filter member to the fuel passage. When the passage member is cut along a surface thereof perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the passage member in each of the openings, a position on an outer circumferential surface of the passage member in the cut surface, in which the distance between the outer circumferential surface and the filter member is the smallest, is distant in a circumferential direction from a position on the outer circumferential surface where the opening is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide Oku, Tetsuya Hara, Yoshinobu Kato
  • Patent number: 7704464
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon processing devices and systems are constructed to modify the combustion characteristics of hydrocarbon fuels and emissions for the purpose of emissions reduction and to increase the overall performance characteristics of the engine. According to one exemplary embodiment, a catalytic device for processing a fluid containing hydrocarbons includes a reactive body formed of a plurality of metallic materials arranged in a layered structure. The plurality of metallic materials is formed of at least two different materials. The body has an inner core member having a first density and another region, that is formed along a longitudinal length of the rolled layered structure, has a second density which is less than the first density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: 0783963 BC Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20100072120
    Abstract: A filter apparatus F includes a bag-shape filter body and is attached in such a manner that an internal space of the filter body is connected to a fuel inlet in a fuel tank. The filter body includes two or more filter materials laminated each other. At least one of the filter materials is formed of an unwoven cloth having an average aperture diameter of 30 ?m or less. A filter material made of an unwoven cloth having a maximum aperture diameter of 100 ?m or less is disposed outside of the filter material made of the unwoven cloth having the average aperture diameter of 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Hiroji Sato
  • Publication number: 20090211959
    Abstract: A primary (48, 348, 648, 908) and secondary (50, 350, 650, 910) filter are combined into a single housing (42), and two elements are combined into a single element (46). The primary and secondary filters are fluidly isolated from each other. The primary filter is configured for radial flow, and the secondary filter is configured for axial flow. The filter arrangement can be a top load arrangement or, in another embodiment, a bottom load arrangement. This combination is useable in any system that has a filter upstream of a pump (44) and a filter downstream of a pump (14). The example described is a fuel system. Methods of servicing include simultaneously removing the housing cover along with both the primary and secondary filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Clint, John R. Hacker, Jodi Billy, Kurt b. Joscher
  • Publication number: 20090050551
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first connection part 1 adapted to be connected to a fuel pump; a second connection part 21 adapted to be connected to a path for a returned portion of fuel; and a filter member 3 having an inner space 30 communicating with an inlet port 10 of the first connection part 1 and an outlet port 20 of the second connection part 2. A tubular member 22 has a leading edge 22a formed with the outlet port 20 of the second connection part 2. The leading edge 22a of the tubular member 22 is opened to be disposed in the inlet port 10 of the first connection part 1 so as to have a gap between an outer peripheral surface 22b of the tubular member 22 and an opening edge 10a of the inlet port 10 of the first connection part 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Toshihide Kimisawa, Yasushi Ueki
  • Patent number: 7478729
    Abstract: A fuel-filtering device is disposed inside a fuel tank for filtering a fuel. The fuel-filtering device includes a filter body having a bag shape and a communication hole, and is formed of a plurality of laminated filter layers. The laminated filter layers includes an outside filter layer formed of a woven mesh, an inside filter layer formed of a non-woven fabric, and at least one intermediate filter layer disposed between the outside filter layer and the inside filter layer and formed of a non-woven fabric. The filter body is formed of at least one of a polyethylene fiber and a polypropylene fiber and has mesh sizes decreasing from the outside filter layer toward the inside filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroji Sato, Kazumasa Kurihara, Yasutomo Kobayashi, Toshihide Kimisawa, Takeshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20080245724
    Abstract: A suction filter may comprise a filtration member and a connection member. The filtration member has an inner space. The connection member is configured to communicate the inner space of the filtration member and a fuel intake port of a fuel pump. The filtration member may have a tubular shape so that the filtration member surrounds a circumference of the fuel pump when the suction filter is connected to the fuel intake port of the fuel pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Toshihide Oku, Tetsuya Hara
  • Patent number: 7429322
    Abstract: A fuel tank used for a general-purpose engine comprises a hollow tank body for storing fuel and a filter disposed within the tank body. The tank body has a bottom with a trap having an internal surface portion lying in a first plane. The filter comprises a tubular body extending from the internal surface portion of the trap and a fluororesin element supported by the tubular body so that a main surface of the fluororesin element lies in a second plane disposed at an angle of inclination relative to the first plane. The fluororesin element has a property of not allowing water to pass therethrough but allowing fuel to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujita, Takashi Suzuki, Tetsuya Arai, Kazuhisa Ogawa