US5140968A
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Closed loop breather system for engine crankcase
Assignee: International Motors LLC
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Filing: 1992-02-14
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Granted: 1992-08-25
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Expires: 2012-02-14
Abstract
Abstract A closed loop engine crankcase breather system is provided with a breather tube engaged between a rocker arm housing of the engine and an intake air tube of the engine downstream of the air cleaner therefor. The end of the breather tube within the intake air tube is curved so that the opening thereof faces directly into the stream of air flowing through the intake air tube to thereby reduce the vacuum within the crankcase by the velocity head of the intake air stream and thus maintain a smaller pressure differential between the interior cavity of the engine and the atmosphere.
Inventors
- 👤 Thien D. Doan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 02:31
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01M; F01M13/00; F01M13/02; F01M13/021; F01M13/022
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
A crankcase breather system for an internal combustion engine . comprising tube means establishing fluid communication between an interior cavity of the engine and an engine intake air passage, said tube means extending within said engine air intake passage and having an opening into said tube means disposed to face into the incoming air stream within said intake air passage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
A crankcase breather system for an internal combustion engine . comprising tube means establishing fluid communication between an interior cavity of the engine and an engine intake air passage, said tube means extending within said engine air intake passage and having an opening into said tube means disposed to face into the incoming air stream within said intake air passage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The breather system of claim 1 wherein said opening of the tube means is centrally disposed within the air intake passage and the outlet end of the tube within said passage is curved to cause said opening to be disposed perpendicular to said incoming air stream.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The breather system of claim 2 wherein an end of said tube means opposite said opening engages within a rocker arm housing of the engine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
In a diesel engine having an intake air line and a closed interior cavity, a breather comprising a tube engaged to and between said interior cavity and said intake air line and having an outlet thereof centrally disposed within said intake air line and facing into an incoming air stream entering the intake air line.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
In a diesel engine having an intake air line and a closed interior cavity, a breather comprising a tube engaged to and between said interior cavity and said intake air line and having an outlet thereof centrally disposed within said intake air line and facing into an incoming air stream entering the intake air line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
108 words
In combination with a turbocharged engine having a closed interior cavity, a turbocharger having an air inlet, and an air intake tube disposed upstream of said turbocharger air inlet, a breather system for maintaining pressure within said cavity near atmospheric pressure without venting oil mist therefrom to the ambient environment comprising a tube of predetermined diameter having an inlet end disposed for fluid communication with said cavity of the engine and having an outlet end thereof entering said intake air tube upstream of the turbocharger, said tube outlet end having an outlet within said intake tube, said outlet facing in the upstream direction within the intake air tube.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
108 words
In combination with a turbocharged engine having a closed interior cavity, a turbocharger having an air inlet, and an air intake tube disposed upstream of said turbocharger air inlet, a breather system for maintaining pressure within said cavity near atmospheric pressure without venting oil mist therefrom to the ambient environment comprising a tube of predetermined diameter having an inlet end disposed for fluid communication with said cavity of the engine and having an outlet end thereof entering said intake air tube upstream of the turbocharger, said tube outlet end having an outlet within said intake tube, said outlet facing in the upstream direction within the intake air tube.
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