US 12,320,281 B2
Catch can system and method
Joe Mainiero, Lake Worth, FL (US)
Filed by Joe Mainiero, Lake Worth, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,930.
Prior Publication US 2024/0209760 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. F01M 13/04 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01); B01D 46/24 (2006.01); B01D 46/64 (2022.01)
CPC F01M 13/04 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0005 (2013.01); B01D 46/0031 (2013.01); B01D 46/10 (2013.01); B01D 46/24 (2013.01); B01D 46/64 (2022.01); B01D 2265/029 (2013.01); B01D 2271/027 (2013.01); F01M 2013/0438 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oil and air separator including:
(a) a lower housing defining in part a chamber within which oil may collect;
(b) an upper housing including a lower end threadingly engaged to an upper end of the lower housing; and
(c) a filter assembly threadingly engaged to the upper housing;
wherein a lower portion of the filter assembly is disposed within the chamber when the filter assembly is threadingly engaged to the upper housing and the upper housing is threadingly engaged to the lower housing;
wherein the filter assembly includes a filter block including a plurality of parallel lumens extending through the block; and
wherein a continuous fluid pathway exists through the oil and air separator, the continuous fluid pathway extending from a fluid inlet port disposed in the upper housing, downward through a first passageway about the filter assembly, into the chamber, through a lower end of the filter assembly, upward through the plurality of parallel lumens extending through the filter block, through an upper end of the filter assembly, and through a second passageway leading to a fluid outlet port disposed in the upper housing.