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Vehicle filter assembly

  • US 7,938,871 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2009
  • Issued: 05/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle filter assembly comprising:

  • a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a trap aperture, an upper end, a lower end and a side wall extending between the upper and lower ends, with the outlet being formed in the side wall adjacent the lower end of the housing;

    a cyclone-inducing structure disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet to separate particulate from gases passing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet; and

    a self-cleaning trap mechanism movably arranged with respect to the trap aperture to move between a closed orientation sealing the trap aperture and an opened orientation exposing the trap aperture to release particulate from the housing.

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