Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel module for engine having service valve assembly for common drain from primary and secondary filters
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Application No.: US17739502Application Date: 2022-05-09
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Publication No.: US11946439B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Michael Taylor McKinley , Jon Tyler Immel , Brian J Sutton , Stephen Ellis Oedewaldt , Iulian Gabriel Ghiorghias
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC
- Main IPC: F02M37/48
- IPC: F02M37/48 ; B01D29/52 ; B01D29/56 ; F02M37/42 ; F02M37/44

Abstract:
A filter module for filtering fuel in an engine system includes a primary filter, a secondary filter, and a module housing. A drain valve is movable between a closed position blocking a drain port in the module housing, and an open position. A service valve assembly is positioned at least partially within a cross passage in the module housing and adjustable from a closed configuration blocking a primary-side fuel passage from a secondary-side fuel passage in the module housing, to an open configuration, to drain fluids from the filter module by way of the single drain port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230358194A1 FUEL MODULE FOR ENGINE HAVING SERVICE VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR COMMON DRAIN FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FILTERS Public/Granted day:2023-11-09
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