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US 6,606,982 B1Granted
Crankcase ventilation system for a hydrogen fueled engine
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam F. Stockhausen, Robert Jay Natkin, Lowell Reams
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Abstract
A crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine includes a first valve for controlling air flow into the engine's crankcase, a second valve for controlling air flow out of the crankcase, and a separator for receiving air flowing from the second valve and for removing oil entrained in the air. The first and second valves may be spring-operated valves, such as reed valves.
Claims5
A crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a first valve for controlling airflow into the engine's crankcase, with said airflow originating within an induction system associated with the engine;
- a second valve for controlling airflow from the crankcase, with said outflow originating from a different portion of the engine's crankcase than the portion through which air enters through said first valve;
- a separator for receiving air flowing from the second valve and for removing oil entrained in said air;
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- a return line for conducting air from said separator to said induction system, wherein said airflow through said first valve originates upstream of a flow restriction in said induction system, and said return line conducts air from said separator to a first portion of said induction system which is downstream from said flow restriction, as well as to a second portion of said induction system which is upstream from said flow restriction, with said second portion of said induction system comprising a venturi through which air being inducted into the engine flows.
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