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US 2016/0258398 A1Published application
Fuel filter device
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsPeter Koppi, Maria Kraut
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Abstract
A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine may include a ring filter element separating a raw side from a clean side. A water separator configured as an electric coalescer may be arranged on the clean side for separating water from the fuel. The electric coalescer may include at least two electrodes arranged coaxially with respect to the filter axis, and at least one of the electrodes may be insulated from the fuel.
Claims18
A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a ring filter element having a filter axis separating a raw side from a clean side,
- a water separator configured as an electric coalescer for separating water from a fuel flow,
- wherein the water separator configured as the electric coalescer is arranged on the clean side within the ring filter element and includes at least two electrodes arranged coaxially with respect to the filter axis, and wherein at least one electrode of the at least two electrodes is insulated from the fuel flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.