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patent · US6640794

Intake system for an internal combustion engine with a membrane preferentially permeable to oxygen molecules

4 November 2003

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Abstract

An intake system ( 13 ) for an internal combustion engine ( 12 ) which includes a housing ( 15 a ) with a filter insert ( 16 ) and a membrane ( 22 ) for separating nitrogen and enriching the combustion air with oxygen. The membrane is integrated into the filter housing so as to save construction space and provide a lower cost system. The membrane ( 22 ) can alternatively be arranged on the clean air side of the air filter insert ( 16 ) to prevent the membrane from being soi...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2002-07-29
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2003-11-04
Inventors
Olaf Weber; Filterwerk Mann and Hummel GmbH