IP Library Granted Patent US 9,657,691
Granted Patent B2
US 9,657,691 · App. 14/952,626 · Granted May 23, 2017

Canister

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Patent No.
US 9,657,691
App. No.
14/952,626
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A canister has a housing whose one end is provided with a charge port and a purge port and whose other end is provided with a drain port and a heater. The housing is divided into a no-heat-application section on a charge port and purge port side and a heat-application section on a drain port side. The heat-application section is further divided into at least two spaces of a first space located on the drain port side and a second space located on a no-heat-application section side. The first space is filled with an activated carbon whose BWC is equal to or greater than 6 g/dL and less than 10 g/dL, and the second space is filled with an activated carbon whose BWC is 13 g/dL or greater. The heater heats whole of the heat-application section including the first space and the second space.

Claims (9)

1. A canister comprising:

a housing whose one end, which is one end side of a flow direction, is provided with a charge port and a purge port and whose other end, which is the other end side of the flow direction, is provided with a drain port, the housing being divided into a no-heat-application section on a charge port and purge port side and a heat-application section on a drain port side, the heat-application section being further divided into at least two spaces of a first space located on the drain port side and a second space located on a no-heat-application section side, and the first space being filled with an activated carbon whose butane working capacity is equal to or greater than 6 g/dL and less than 10 g/dL and the second space being filled with an activated carbon whose butane working capacity is 13 g/dL or greater; and

a heater which heats whole of the heat-application section including the first space and the second space.

2. The canister as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the heater heats the activated carbon in the heat-application section to less than 100° C.

3. The canister as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:

the heater heats the activated carbon in the heat-application section to 50° C.˜90° C.

4. The canister as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the housing has a first housing that forms a main canister as the no-heat-application section and a second housing that forms a buffer canister as the heat-application section, with the first and second housings separately provided.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2023
From: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
To: MAHLE JAPAN LTD
Reel/Frame 062609/0769 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2015
From: EGUCHI, SHUICHI; OMICHI, JUNPEI; SEKI, SATOSHI
To: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037174/0967 →