Patent ID: 6883321

Claim:
An exhaust gas filtration system for turbocharged internal combustion engines, comprising: (a) a turbocharger, wherein said turbocharger utilizes exhaust gas generated by said internal combustion engines; and (b) a filtration assembly in communication with said turbocharger for reducing contaminants in said exhaust gas, and wherein said filtration assembly further comprises: (i) a housing, said housing further comprising an exhaust gas inlet port and an exhaust gas outlet port in the top portion of said housing, and a sump in the bottom portion of said housing; (ii) a filter unit in communication with said exhaust gas, said filter unit further comprising a coalescing filter; (iii) a spring directly beneath said filter unit for stabilizing said filter unit within said chamber, and for urging said filter unit upward into sealing engagement with said inlet port; and (iv) a chamber on the interior of said housing in communication with said filter unit and said exhaust gas outlet port, and wherein said filter unit is offset from the central axis of said chamber.