Fluid filter cartridge assembly
AssigneeFram Group IP LLC
InventorChristopher P. Montelauro
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Abstract
A filter assembly, comprising: a housing defining an inner cavity; a mounting member formed with the housing, the mounting member having at least one feature for engaging a feature of a center tube of a removable filter cartridge being configured to be removably inserted into the housing, wherein the at least one feature engages the feature of the center tube as the filter assembly rotates therein.
Claims20
A filter assembly, comprising:
- a housing defining an inner cavity;
- a mounting member formed with the housing, the mounting member having at least one feature for releasably engaging at least one feature of a center tube of a removable filter cartridge configured to be removably inserted into the housing, the at least one feature engages the feature of the center tube as the filter cartridge rotates therein.
A filter cartridge for removable securement to an open ended filter housing, the filter cartridge comprising:
- a filter constructed from a filter media, the filter having an inner opening and an exterior filter surface;
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- a center tube/end cap assembly disposed on one end of the filter, the center tube/end cap assembly having an end cap and a center tube with a plurality of openings, the end cap being secured to one end of the filter media and the center tube is received within the inner opening of the filter, the center tube providing fluid communication from the inner opening to an opening of a neck portion extending from the end cap of the center tube/end cap assembly, the center tube further comprising a distal end recessed within the inner opening of the filter, the distal end having at least one slotted opening.
A method for securing a removable filter cartridge to a filter housing, the method comprising:
- inserting the removable filter cartridge into the housing;
- aligning at least one feature of a distal end portion extending from a mounting member of the filter housing in at least one opening of an end portion of a center tube of a center tube/end cap assembly by rotating the filter cartridge in the housing, the end portion of the center tube being recessed within an opening of a filter media of the removable filter cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.