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US 11,499,634 B1Granted
Gasket seal for spin-on filter housing
AssigneeDes-Case Corporation
InventorsEric Cooper Pride, Derek Keith, Jay Michael Cooper
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Abstract
Briefly, the present invention relates, in one embodiment, to a gasket for sealing a filter housing to a filter mount. The gasket may have an upper body and a lower body which seals between the filter housing and filter head. The gasket may include chamfered surfaces to allow for properly sealing against manufacturing tolerances, and may include an annular groove which receives the filter housing and stabilizes the gasket during installation.
Claims16
A sealing gasket for a spin-on filter element, comprising:
- an annular member having an upper sealing body and a lower sealing
- body, the upper sealing body including:
- an upper sealing surface;
- and
- an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall with respect to a central axis of the annular member;
- the lower sealing body including:
- a lower sealing surface;
- an inner extending member and an outer extending member with respect to the central axis of the annular member;
- an annular groove formed between the inner extending member and outer extending member;
- and
- a first chamfered surface and a second chamfered surface, the first chamfered surface defined radially inwardly from an inner edge of the upper sealing surface to an upper edge of the inner peripheral wall, the second chamfered surface defined radially outwardly from an outer edge of the upper sealing surface to an upper edge of the outer peripheral wall
- wherein the second chamfered surface has a length greater than a length of the first chamfered surface, the length of the second chamfered surface is defined from the outer edge of the upper sealing surface to the upper edge of the outer peripheral wall, and the length of the first chamfered surface is defined from the inner edge of the upper sealing surface to the upper edge of the inner peripheral wall.
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