Air filter for vehicle ventilation
AssigneeValeo Climate Control Corp.
InventorsJaime Barber, Kevin Jones
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Abstract
An air filter assembly for a motor vehicle has a filter housing and an air filter disposed in the housing. The housing has a liquid outlet downstream of the filter and a filter bypass passageway is provided for enabling liquid entering at an air inlet to flow past the filter and exit through the outlet.
Claims14
An air filter assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a filter housing and an air filter, the filter housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, the air filter being disposed in said filter housing, and the housing having at least one liquid outlet downstream of the filter wherein the assembly has a filter bypass passageway for enabling liquid entering at said air inlet to flow past said filter to said liquid outlet, wherein said filter bypass passageway is integrally formed with said air filter.
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