Patent ID: 6692555
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y02A

Abstract:
An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine, comprising:a housing that has an intake air inlet for introducing an external air and an intake air outlet for supplying an intake air to the internal combustion engine; an air cleaner element disposed within the housing for filtering the external air introduced; and adsorption means disposed at an internal combustion engine side of the air cleaner element for adsorbing a fuel vapor, wherein the adsorption means includes a particulate activated carbon, a heat-resistant mesh member for holding the particulate activated carbon, and a non-woven fabric, the non-woven fabric holds the particulate activated carbons from an upstream side and a downstream side of the intake air, and the heat-resistant mesh member covers at least one side of the non-woven fabric, wherein the one side is closer to the internal combustion engine.