Patent · US Expired

Non-planar media transmission filter apparatus and method with tray

US7258789B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

23Claims

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Assignee

SPX Corporation · US

Inventors

C. Alan Peet · Waterman, US
James B. Wolford · Chicago, US
Abe Khalil · Lake Barrington, US
Markus Beer · Morsbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2004
Grant date	Aug 21, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2201/127
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filter for use in engines or transmissions is provided comprising an outlet-side cover having a first wave-like region along the periphery of the outlet-side cover, a filter media tray having a second wave-like region along the periphery of the filter media tray wherein the filter media tray second wave-like region is in a generally complementary alignment with the first wave-like region of the outlet-side cover, a filter media fixed in a non-planar configuration between the first wave-like region of the outlet-side cover and the second wave-like region of the filter media, and an inlet-side cover joined to the outlet-side cover, wherein the filter media and the filter media tray is between the inlet-side cover and the outlet-side cover.

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