Patent ID: 11938437
Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A filter system comprising:
a filter configured to receive a first fluid mixture via an inlet, the first fluid mixture comprising a first fluid and debris, the filter shaped to separate a portion of the debris from the first fluid;
a fluid control device fluidly coupled with the filter, the fluid control device configured to receive the first fluid from the filter and change a characteristic of the first fluid to form a second fluid, the fluid control device configured to separate a first portion of the second fluid from a second portion of the second fluid by directing the first portion of the second fluid out of the fluid control device via a first outlet and directing the second portion of the second fluid out of the fluid control device via a second outlet; and
a conduit fluidly coupled with the filter and the second outlet of the fluid control device, the conduit configured to receive the portion of the debris from the filter and the second portion of the second fluid from the fluid control device, the conduit comprising a section including an increasing cross-sectional size along an axis of the conduit, the conduit configured to receive the portion of the debris and the portion of the second fluid at a location that is upstream along a direction of flow from the section including the increasing cross-sectional size, the conduit configured to combine the portion of the debris with the second fluid within the conduit to form a second fluid mixture, the conduit shaped to control one or more flow characteristics of one or more of the portion of the debris, the second fluid, or the second fluid mixture within the conduit,
wherein the filter, the fluid control device, and the conduit are disposed within a common housing.