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US 2009/0242475 A2Published application
Replaceable fuel filter elementand fuel filter assembly
AssigneeCummins Filtration IP, Inc.
InventorsLoïck Menez, Kelly Schmitz, Gerard Malgorn, Ismail Bagci, Kevin South, Jeffrey Sharp
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Abstract
One embodiment is a unique replaceable filter element. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and drawings.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a replaceable filter element including
- a filter media having a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity;
- and
- an endplate coupled to the first end of the filter media, the endplate including an outer periphery,
- an opening leading to the interior cavity,
- a sealing flange extending away from the second end,
- a first plurality of legs extending from the outer periphery to leg extremities located outward from the outer periphery.
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A replaceable filter element comprising:
- a filter media having a first end and a second end;
- and
- an endplate coupled to the first end of the filter media, the endplate including:
- an outer periphery,
- an opening leading to the filter media,
- a sealing member extending away from the filter media,
- the sealing member being unitary to the endplate, and
- means for providing a sealing force to the sealing member.
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A replaceable liquid filter cartridge comprising:
- a filter media including a hollow interior portion;
- and
- an endplate coupled to the filter media, the endplate including
- an opening leading to the filter media,
- a sealing flange extending away from the endplate adjacent the opening,
- a first plurality of outwardly extending peripheral projections extending from the endplate in a first direction, and
- a second plurality of outwardly extending peripheral projections extending from the endplate in a second direction.
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A replaceable filter element comprising:
- an annular, pleated filter media having a first end, a second end, and defining an interior cavity;
- a first endplate coupled to the first end of the filter media, the first endplate including:
- an outer periphery;
- an opening leading to the interior cavity, the opening forming a fluid passage for filtered fluid;
- a sleeve adjacent the opening and extending away from the second end;
- an annular sealing gasket disposed around the sleeve, the sealing gasket being rectangular in cross-section, and is disposed in a space between the sleeve and a first flange that surrounds the sleeve;
- and a first plurality of legs extending from the outer periphery to leg extremities located outward from the outer periphery;
- each leg includes an upper, radially outward extending section connected to the outer periphery of the first endplate, and an axially depending section that overlaps the filter media and that extends toward the second end;
- and
- a second endplate coupled to the second end of the filter media.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.