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Volume-efficient filter

US7799108B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20References

5Claims

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Assignee

Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael J. Connor · Stoughton, US
Michael J. Frame · Madison, US
Gary L. Rickle · Wharton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 29, 2008
Grant date	Sep 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2277/20
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filter includes a housing with multiple flow passages and filter elements providing volume-efficient bottom-in, top-out flow or top-in, bottom-out flow. In another embodiment, parallel filtering flow paths are provided with multiple filter elements having respective overlapped sections axially aligned, with at least one filter element having a radial extension section non-axially aligned with another of the filter elements.

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