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US 2009/0255498 A1Published application
Diluting fuel-in-oil treating apparatus of internal combustion engine
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Saito
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Abstract
The present apparatus includes a cross-flow filtration fuel separator having a separation membrane separating by permeation, fuel from lubricating oil flowing in an oil circuit of an internal combustion engine; a vapor-liquid separator separating the fuel separated by the fuel separator, into a gas component and a liquid component; and a fuel collector (canister) collecting the gas component of the fuel separated by the vapor-liquid separator.
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A diluting fuel-in-oil treating apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a cross-flow filtration fuel separator having a separation membrane configured to separate by permeation, fuel from lubricating oil flowing in an oil circuit of the internal combustion engine;
- a vapor-liquid separator configured to separate the fuel separated by the cross-flow filtration fuel separator into a gas component and a liquid component;
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- a fuel collector configured of collect the gas component of the fuel separated by the vapor-liquid separator.
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