Mating interface between air intake housing and air filter
AssigneeHolley Performance Products, Inc.
InventorEthan C. Townsend
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Abstract
Mating interfaces between an air intake housing and an air filter are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an air filter assembly having a mating interface for coupling an air intake housing to the air filter may include an air filter having an exterior, an interior, and outlet; and a mating interface coupled to a circumference of the outlet of the air filter. The mating interface may include an opening for receiving an end of an air tube that is in communication with the interior of the air filter; and a groove in a surface of the mating interface for press-fit receiving a first opening an air filter housing that surrounds the air filter.
Claims11
An air filter assembly, comprising:
- an air filter having an exterior, an interior, and outlet;
- a mating interface coupled to a circumference of the outlet of the air filter, comprising:
- an opening which receives an end of an air tube that is in communication with the interior of the air filter;
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- a circumferential groove in a surface of the mating interface, said circumferential groove disposed radially outward of said opening, a flange of an air filter housing that surrounds the air filter wherein said flange of the air filtering housing is linearly press fit received within said circumferential groove, and a flange of the mating interface which extends adjacent to the circumferential groove, said circumferential groove and said flange of the mating interface extending in a direction coaxial to said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.