Patent · US Expired

Socket-wrench removable oil filter

US6375840B1 · kind B1 · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 20, 2001
Grant dateApr 23, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S210/17
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A socket-wrench removable oil filter for making it easier for the user to remove an oil filter from one's vehicle. The socket-wrench removable oil filter includes an oil filter assembly having an oil filter member which includes a housing having top and side walls and being cylindrically-shaped and further having a plurality of finger-holding grooves being disposed therein and also having a slot being centrally-disposed in the top wall and being adapted to receive a portion of a socket wrench.

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