Filter assembly including separate fuel and water flow paths

A filter assembly, comprising:

• a housing defining an internal volume, the housing comprising:
• an inlet for receiving fuel,
• a first outlet to allow filtered fuel to exit the internal volume, and
• a second outlet to allow water separated from the fuel to exit the internal volume;
• a filter element disposed within the internal volume for filtering the fuel so as to provide the filtered fuel and separate the water from the fuel, wherein the filter element comprises:
• a filter media, and
• an endplate coupled to an end of the filter media;
• and
• an outlet assembly coupled to the endplate, wherein the outlet assembly is fluidly coupled to each of the first outlet and the second outlet, the outlet assembly comprising:
• an outer wall defining a flow channel therethrough;
• and
• a set of inner walls disposed within the flow channel and extending radially from a central axis of the outer wall to an inner surface of the outer wall such that the flow channel is divided into a plurality of flow paths, a first set of the plurality of flow paths forming a first flow path, and a second set of the plurality of flow paths forming a second flow path, wherein:
• the first flow path is fluidly coupled to a clean side of the filter element and the first outlet so as to receive the filtered fuel from the clean side of the filter element and communicate the filtered fuel to the first outlet, and
• the second flow path is fluidly coupled to the internal volume of the housing and to the second outlet so as to receive the water from the internal volume and communicate the water through the second outlet.