US 11,813,559 B2
Interlocked stable filter assembly
Mark V. Holzmann, Stoughton, WI (US); Scott W. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, WI (US); Gregory K. Loken, Stoughton, WI (US); Jessie A. Knight, Oregon, WI (US); and Dane P. Miller, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,431.
Application 17/516,431 is a division of application No. 16/083,945, granted, now 11,167,234, previously published as PCT/US2017/021615, filed on Mar. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/310,330, filed on Mar. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047981 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01); B01D 46/121 (2022.01); B01D 46/62 (2022.01); B60H 3/06 (2006.01); F02M 35/024 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/0005 (2013.01) [B01D 46/10 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0415 (2013.01); B01D 2201/304 (2013.01); B01D 2265/026 (2013.01); B01D 2271/022 (2013.01); B01D 2271/027 (2013.01); B01D 2279/60 (2013.01); B60H 2003/065 (2013.01); F02M 35/02416 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter assembly comprising:
a filter housing comprising a housing interlocking feature; and
a filter element positionable within the filter housing and comprising a filter seal member that interfaces and forms a seal with an entire periphery of the filter housing, the filter seal member extending within a main seal plane along at least a portion of a top portion of the filter element, the main seal plane extending along a top surface of the top portion of the filter element,
the filter seal member comprising a filter element interlocking feature and a side seal member that fills in an entire region between the filter element interlocking feature and the main seal plane of the filter element, the housing interlocking feature and the filter element interlocking feature interlockable with each other and extending in a nonplanar configuration along at least one side of the filter element when the filter housing and the filter element are assembled together, the housing interlocking feature and the filter element interlocking feature directly abutting each other when the filter assembly is assembled.