Patent ID: 6223775
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: F02B,F04C

Abstract:
An accumulator for accommodating an air/fluid mixture for an internal combustion engine comprising: a generally cone shaped side wall having a large upper end and small lower end, a top wall joined to the upper end of the side wall, said side wall and top wall surrounding an internal chamber for accommodating an air/fuel mixture, said lower end having an opening open to said chamber, a housing having an air/fuel mixture inlet port, an air/fuel mixture outlet port, an air/fuel mixture pressure relief port, and a first passage open to said ports for accommodating the air/fuel mixture, a sleeve mounted on the housing, said sleeve having a second passage open to the first passage and chamber whereby the air/fuel mixture flows through the first and second passages into and out of the chamber during operation of the internal combustion engine, means mounting the lower end of the side wall on the sleeve with the opening in communication with the second passage, a screen mounted on the sleeve and extended across the second passage, and check valve means located in the first passage to close the air/fluid mixture pressure relief port, said check valve means being operable to relieve excess pressure of air/fuel mixture in the first and second passages and chamber of the accumulator.