Patent ID: 7059311
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: F01M,F02M,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An air/oil separating device for removing oil from an air/oil stream in an internal combustion engine, comprising: an inlet; a spiral element that extends alone a central axis and has a spiral passageway in fluid communication with said inlet, at least a portion of said spiral passageway is formed between external and internal walls of said spiral element that are made from a flexible sheet of material generally coiled about said central axis; a first outlet in fluid communication with said spiral passageway and being generally located at a first axial end of said air/oil separating device; a second outlet in fluid communication with said spiral passageway and being generally located at a second axial end of said air/oil separating device; wherein the air/oil stream enters said inlet and travels through said spiral passageway such that at least some oil is removed from the air/oil stream and drains out of said second outlet, and a treated air stream exits out of said first outlet.