Positive crankcase ventilation air filter body

Claim 2

A connector for connecting conduit means conveying fumes from an engine crankcase to an air cleaner assembly associated with the air induction means of said engine, comprising a main body portion, a mounting portion carried by said main body portion, said mounting portion including an arcuate mounting surface adapted to be placed in abutting relationship to an air cleaning element of said air cleaner assembly, said mounting portion further including upper and lower mounting edges adapted to be confined between and retained by opposed upper and lower annular plates comprising said air cleaner assembly, and a conduit section including passage means for completing communication between said air cleaning element and said conduit means.

Claim 3

A connector according to claim 1, including a chamber formed in said body Portion and having an opening formed in said arcuate mounting surface, said chamber and said opening comprising a portion of said passage means, and said chamber being adapted to receive therein related filter means for filtering foreign material carried by said fumes.

Claim 4

A connector according to claim 1, wherein said mounting portion includes generally oppositely directed upper and lower wing-like portions forming a continuation of said arcuate mounting surface.

Claim 5

In combination with an air cleaner assembly, for the intake of an internal combustion engine, having a lower base plate with an annular upwardly directed flange, an upper cover plate with an annular downwardly directed flange, and an annular cleaning element situated and retained between said cover plate and said base plate and located generally within the confines of said upwardly and downwardly directed flanges, an air filter body and connector adapted for connection to a source of engine crankcase fumes, said air filter body comprising a body portion with a chamber formed therein for the reception of a filter member, said body also comprising a mounting portion with an arcuate surface closely confirming to the outer diameter of said air cleaning element, said chamber including an opening formed in said arcuate surface, said mounting portion also comprising upper and lower mounting edges, said upper mounting edge being adapted to be retained generally between the outer diameter of said air cleaning element and the inner diameter of said downwardly directed flange, said lower mounting portion being adapted to be retained generally between the outer diameter of said air cleaning element and the inner diameter of said upwardly directed flange, and conduit means formed in said body for connection to a source of engine crankcase fumes.

Claim 6

In combination with an air cleaner assembly, for the intake of an internal combustion engine, having a lower base plate with an annular upwardly directed flange, an upper cover plate with an annular downwardly directed flange, and an annular cleaning element situated and retained between said cover plate and said base plate and located generally within the confines of said upwardly and downwardly directed flanges, an air filter body and connector adapted for connection to a source of engine crankcase fumes, said air filter body comprising a body portion with a chamber formed therein for the reception of a filter member, said body also comprising a mounting portion with an arcuate surface closely confirming to the outer diameter of said air cleaning element, said chamber including an opening formed in said arcuate surface, said mounting portion also comprising upper and lower mounting edges, said upper mounting edge being adapted to be retained generally between the outer diameter of said air cleaning element and the inner diameter of said downwardly directed flange, said lower mounting portion being adapted to be retained generally between the outer diameter of said air cleaning element and the inner diameter of said upwardly directed flange, and conduit means formed in said body for connection to a source of engine crankcase fumes.