Claims
- 1. (currently amended) An air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a housing, a filter element, fitted in said housing, having trough hole in the center as an air inlet; a filter main body with far infrared energy fitted in the peripheral of said filter element as an air passage for incoming air from said air inlet, having a corrugated substrate embedded with a mixture of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, antimony oxide, titanium oxide, cobalt oxide, iron oxide, and silicium carbide, thereby the water molecules contained in said air are broken down into smaller fragments by said energy before entering into said internal combustion engine.
- 2. (currently amended)[A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mixture rate of said far infrared emission substances with said substrate amounts [preferably] to 2˜30% weight percentage.
- 3. (currently amended)[A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said far infrared emission substances of said main body are made by mixing aluminum oxide (Al2O3), zirconium oxide (ZrO2), antimony oxide [(SnO2)] (SbO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), cobalt oxide (CoO), iron oxide (Fe2O3) and silicium carbide (SiC) at [the] a weight ratio of 1:1:1:1:1:1[and thereafter formed by sintering and grinding procedures].
- 4. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said far infrared emission substances of said main body are made by mixing aluminum oxide (Al2O3), zirconium oxide (ZrO2), antimony oxide [(SnO2)] (SbO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), cobalt oxide (CoO), iron oxide (Fe2O3) and silicium carbide (SiC) at [the] a weight ratio of 3:3:3:1:1:2:2[and thereafter formed by sintering and grinding procedures].
- 5. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the average grain size of said far infrared emission substances amounts to 0.01˜30 um.
- 6. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is made of pulp.
- 7. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is made of single polymer material.
- 8. (currently amended)[A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim [1 or] 7, wherein said single polymer material of said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is [polyethylene] polyethylene.
- 9. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim [1 or] 7, wherein said single polymer material of said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is polypropylene.
- 10. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim [1 or] 7, wherein said single polymer material of said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is polyurethane.
- 11. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim [1 or] 7, wherein said single polymer material of said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is nylon.
- 12. (currently amended) [A filter element of an] The air filter with far infrared energy used in an internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substrate of said main body of said filter element of said air filter is made of composite polymer material.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is continuation of application Ser. No. 09/768,280 filed Jan. 25, 2001 (abandoned).
Continuations (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09768280 |
Jan 2001 |
US |
Child |
10439900 |
May 2003 |
US |