Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Having fuel vapor recovery and storage system
Patent
1996-06-21
1997-12-16
Miller, Carl S.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Having fuel vapor recovery and storage system
123516, F02M 3704
Patent
active
056973489
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vapor management system for the fuel system of a motor vehicle includes two carbon canisters for the capturing of fuel vapor from the vehicle's fuel tank. A fuel vapor control valve allows loading of the fuel vapor into the canisters in series and subsequent purging in parallel to the air intake of the vehicle's engine.
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Ford Global Technologies Inc.
Miller Carl S.
Sparschu Mark S.
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