Air cleaner filter assembly for motor vehicles operating in extreme weather conditions
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGiriraj Srinivasan, Thanh Pham, Roger Khami, William C. Ronzi
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Abstract
A filter assembly for a motor-vehicle air cleaner includes a main filter, an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter, and a filter mount fixed to and configured to support the main filter and the auxiliary filter. In one embodiment, the filter mount is fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprises a sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter.
Claims20
A filter assembly for an air cleaner configured to provide clean intake air for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a main filter with pleats projecting outward;
- an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter, the main filter taller and longer than the auxiliary filter;
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- a filter mount fixed to and configured to support the main filter and the auxiliary filter, the filter mount fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprising a first sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter, the first sealing element including a pair of raised lips extending outward past a portion of the filter mount at the main and auxiliary filters.
A filter assembly for a motor-vehicle air cleaner, the air cleaner adapted to provide clean intake air, comprising:
- a main filter;
- an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter;
- a filter mount framing first and second open areas and configured to support the main filter below the first open area and the auxiliary filter below the second open area, the filter mount fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprising a first sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter;
- a rigid mesh disposed between the main and auxiliary filters and the filter mount, and extending at least over the first and second open areas;
- wherein the main filter is taller and longer than the auxiliary filter, and where the main and auxiliary filters have the same width.
A filter assembly for a motor-vehicle air cleaner, the air cleaner adapted to provide clean intake air, comprising:
- a main filter;
- an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter;
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- a filter mount framing first and second open areas and configured to support the main filter below the first open area and the auxiliary filter below the second open area, the filter mount fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprising a groove passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter and extending across an entire width of the filter mount without interruption, the groove positioned between a pair of raised lips extending outward past all portions of the filter mount below the first and second open areas.
A filter assembly for an air cleaner of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a main filter;
- an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter, the main filter taller and longer than the auxiliary filter;
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- a filter mount framing first and second open areas, the main filter fixed in the first open area and the auxiliary filter fixed in the second open area, the mount comprising a grooved sealing element dividing the first and second open areas and positioned between the main and auxiliary filters, the grooved sealing element including a pair of raised lips extending outward past a portion of the filter mount framing the first and second open areas, where a groove is positioned between the pair of raised lips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.