Low restriction air filter
AssigneeCummins Filtration Inc.
InventorMatthew Louison
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Abstract
An air cleaner system including a housing having a first housing end with an opening, a second housing end, and an inlet proximate the second housing end. The air cleaner system also includes a filter element removably installed within the housing through the opening, the filter element including filter media, a first endplate coupled to the filter media at a first filter end, an open second endplate coupled to the filter media at a second filter end, and an annular projection extending axially from the open second endplate, the annular projection sealing against the housing and creating an axial gap between the filter element and the housing.
Claims20
An axial load filter element comprising:
- filter media;
- a closed first endplate coupled to the filter media at a first filter end;
- an open second endplate coupled to the filter media at a second filter end;
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- an annular projection extending axially from the open second endplate and comprising chords on a radial inner surface of the annular projection, the annular projection having an annular projection diameter of less than 90% of a filter media outer diameter of the filter media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.