Air filter assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTara Sanzone, Jose Quezada
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Abstract
An air filter assembly is provided. The air filter assembly includes a housing enclosing a filter unit, an attachment bracket integrated into the housing and including a slot, and an attachment apparatus clamping the attachment bracket to an engine compartment component. The attachment apparatus includes a screw that includes a threaded shaft extending from a head, a grommet mating with the slot, a nut threadingly engaged with the threaded shaft, and a compression limiter positioned between the nut and the head.
Claims20
An air filter assembly comprising:
- a housing enclosing a filter unit;
- an attachment bracket integrated into the housing and including a slot that extends downward and opens at a lower side of the attachment bracket;
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- an attachment apparatus clamping the attachment bracket to an engine compartment component, the attachment apparatus comprising:
- a screw including a threaded shaft extending from a head;
- a grommet mating with the slot and the screw;
- a nut threadingly engaged with the threaded shaft;
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- a compression limiter positioned between the nut and the head and mated with the screw.
An air filter assembly in an engine intake system, comprising:
- a housing enclosing a filter unit;
- an inlet conduit receiving ambient air and flowing the ambient air to the filter unit;
- an outlet conduit receiving filtered air and flowing the filtered air to an intake manifold;
- an attachment bracket integrated into the housing and including an attachment apparatus slot, where the attachment apparatus slot extends through an outer side wall of the attachment bracket, includes a lip, extends downward, and opens at a lower side of the attachment bracket;
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- an attachment apparatus clamping the attachment bracket to an engine compartment component, the attachment apparatus comprising:
- a screw including a threaded shaft extending from a head;
- a grommet including a first flange and a second flange mating with the lip of the attachment apparatus slot;
- a nut threadingly engaged with the threaded shaft;
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- a compression limiter positioned axially between the nut and the head of the screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.