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US 10,589,202 B2Granted
Component for a fluid filter, and fluid filter
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsVasco Gomes Gama, Carlos J. Blasco Remacha
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel filter component containing a heating device for heating a fluid; a detection device for detecting a level of a further fluid, located in a reservoir; and an outlet conduit for the further fluid. The component is a one-piece component, in particular the heating device, detection device, and outlet conduit are embodied. The present invention further relates to a fluid filter, in particular a fuel filter, having such a component.
Claims20
A component for a fuel filter having a housing supporting a filter element therein, the filter element configured to filter water from the fuel and convey the water to a reservoir within the housing, the component comprising
- a heating device for heating the fuel within the housing,
- a detection device for detecting a level of the water in the reservoir of the housing separate from said component,
- an outlet conduit for conveying the water,
- a water inlet disposed in fluid communication with the reservoir of the housing when the component is supported within the housing and integrally joined to the outlet conduit, for carrying the water from the reservoir to the outlet conduit, and a water outlet separate from said water inlet and integrally joined to the outlet conduit, for carrying the water away from the outlet conduit, the water outlet configured to direct the water outside the housing when the water inlet is in communication with the reservoir, and
- a fuel conduit for flowing the fuel in a first flow direction to the heating device and then to the filter element within the housing,
- wherein the component is a one-piece component separate from the filter element and sized and configured to extend through the fuel filter when the filter element is supported within the housing, in which the heating device, the detection device, and the outlet conduit are integrally formed into one-piece, and wherein the water inlet is provided on a lower end of the one-piece component for direct fluid communication with the reservoir when the component extends through the fuel filter, and the water outlet is provided on an upper end of the one-piece component, such that the water flows through the outlet conduit from the lower end to the upper end of the one-piece component in an opposite flow direction relative to the first flow direction of the fuel flowing through the fuel conduit of the component.
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A fuel filter comprising:
- a housing defining a reservoir;
- a filter element supported within said housing separate from said reservoir;
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- a component supported by said housing and extending through the filter element, said component comprising;
- a heating device for heating a fuel within the housing,
- a detection device for detecting a level of water located in said reservoir of the housing,
- an outlet conduit for conveying the water,
- a water inlet in direct fluid communication with said reservoir and integrally joined to the outlet conduit, for carrying the water from the reservoir to the outlet conduit, and a water outlet separate from said water inlet and integrally joined to the outlet conduit, for carrying the water away from the outlet conduit, the water outlet configured to direct the water outside the housing when the water inlet is in communication with the reservoir, and
- a fuel conduit for flowing the fuel in a first flow direction to the heating device and then to said filter element within said housing,
- wherein the component is a one-piece component separate from the filter element and sized and configured to extend through the fuel filter supported within the housing, in which the heating device, the detection device, and the outlet conduit are integrally formed into one-piece, and wherein the water inlet is provided on a lower end of the one-piece component for direct fluid communication with the reservoir when the component is supported by said housing, and the water outlet is provided on an upper end of the one-piece component, such that the water flows through the outlet conduit from a lower end to an upper end of the one-piece component in an opposite flow direction relative to the first flow direction of the fuel flowing through the fuel conduit of the component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.