Patent ID: 11931684
Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. An air separation module, comprising:
a canister arranged along a canister axis and having an inlet end and an outlet end;
a separator supported within the canister and arranged to separate a compressed air flow received at the air separation module into an oxygen-depleted air flow fraction and an oxygen-enriched air flow fraction;
a filter module; and
an inlet cap seated about the inlet end of the canister and containing therein a portion of the separator, wherein the inlet cap includes:
a filter module mount that supports the filter module; and
an oxygen-enriched air outlet port fluidly separated from the outlet end of the canister by the separator for diverting the oxygen-enriched air flow fraction to the external environment.