Cummins Filtration Ip, Inc.

Nelson Industries, Inc.

Fleetguard, Inc.

Brian W Schwandt

Christopher E Holm

Barry Mark Verdegan

Peter K Herman

Chirag D Parikh

Roger L Zoch

Jerald J Moy

Benjamin L Scheckel

Saru Dawar

Mark V Holzmann

Arun P Janakiraman

Scott W Schwartz

Himani Deshpande

Scott P Heckel

Shiming Feng

Thomas J Braun

Pathikrit T Banerjee

Caryn J Kindkeppel

Kwok-Lam Ng

Merwyn I Coutinho

Daniel Y Hodges

Buwa A Baldeh

Bradley A Smith

Kelly R Schmitz

Stephanie F Severance

Hamilton E Harper

Mark T Wieczorek

William C Haberkamp

Eric A Janikowski

Vincil A Varghese

Anna Balazy

Eric J Rego

Stephanie L Faber

Bridgette L Meyer

Gerard Malgorn

Stephen L Fallon

Jim L Alonzo

Andrew P Perr

Michael T Zuroski

Terry Shults

Guillermo Alberto Smith

J Bruce Schelkopf

Jonathan D Sheumaker

Howard E Tews

Suryanarayanan Paneerselvam

Scott Gerald Manke

Robert A Bannister

Gregory W Hoverson

Jean-Luc Guichaoua

Brian K Wagner

Lee A Peck

Yashpal Subedi

David M Stehouwer

Benoit Le Roux

Budi Antony

Rohit Sharma

Daniel R Cady

Clint T Deweese

Karl G Evenstad

Steven R Sankbeil

Mike J Connor

Z Gerald Liu

Michael J Connor

Gérard Malgorn

Anthony Barreteau

Kurt M A Badeau

Tadeusz Jaroszczyk

Ken Tofsland

Matthew T VandenBush

Bryan P Steffen

Jeffrey A Fedorowicz

Alain Olier

Ashwin K Koleshwar

Jacek Bodasiński

Witalis Rumiński

Robert E Muse

Leon Gradoń

Gene A Mullins, Jr

John R Anderson

Soondeuk Jeung

Scvott W Schwartz

W Lee Currier

Jean-Luc Goichaoua

A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.

Rotating coalescing element with directed liquid drainage and gas outlet

Rotating coalescer crankcase ventilation (CV) systems are described. The described CV systems utilize a pumping pressure created by the porous media of the rotating coalescer to maintain positive recirculation of filtered blowby gases through a potential leak gap between a static housing inlet and a spinning component of the rotating coalescer. In some arrangements, the porous media is fibrous media. The filter media may be pleated or non-pleated. The positive recirculation caused by the pressure balance prevents unfiltered blowby gases from bypassing the media of the rotating coalescer from the upstream side to the downstream side of the filter media through the gap. During operation, the pressure balance between the upstream side and downstream side of the filter media maintains the positive recirculation, which in turn maintains a high filtration efficiency.

Systems and methods for rotating coalescers maintaining positive recirculation through a dynamic seal

A filtration sealing system is provided for sealing a filter element in a housing at a mating interface therebetween. The sealing system includes a keyed interface. A replacement filter element is provided for such filtration sealing system, with the replacement filter element including a keyed interface.

Filtration sealing system

Filter media and media packs that provide robust performance in high-speed rotating coalescer (HSRC) elements for crankcase ventilation systems are described. The fiber media is HSRC fiber media. As such, the filter media has a higher resistance to compressibility then traditional coalescer filter media, such as fiber media used in low-speed rotating coalescer arrangements or stationary coalescer arrangements.

High speed rotating crankcase ventilation filter media and media pack

Referring to the figures generally, a rotating filter cartridge includes a first endcap, a second endcap, and a filter media. The filter media is positioned between the first endcap and the second endcap. The filter media creates a mechanical seal between at least one of the first endcap or the second endcap during rotation of the rotating filter cartridge without the use of a potting material. In at least one embodiment, the rotating filter cartridge further includes a body secured to the first endcap and the second endcap. At least one of the first endcap or the second endcap, and the body, may form a pocket that radially pinches the filter media to form the mechanical seal.

Utilizing a mechanical seal between a filter media and an endcap of a rotating filter cartridge

Filter media and media packs that provide robust performance in high-speed rotating coalescer (HSRC) elements for crankcase ventilation systems are described. The filter media is HSRC filter media. As such, the filter media has a higher resistance to compressibility than traditional coalescer filter media, such as filter media used in low-speed rotating coalescer arrangements or stationary coalescer arrangements.

A rotating separator has a housing preventing separated liquid carryover. A plenum between the annular rotating separating filter element and the housing sidewall has one or more flow path separating guides minimizing the flow of separated liquid to the outlet. The flow path guides may include one or more fins and/or swirl flow dampers and/or a configured surface.

Rotating separator with housing preventing separated liquid carryover

An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator includes flow director guidance structure directing and guiding flow through the housing from the inlet to the outlet along a flow path from upstream to downstream. The flow director guidance structure may include a flow controller controlling and directing flow.

Inertial gas-liquid impactor separator with flow director

Cleanable filters and methods of cleaning filters are described in the present application. The cleanable air filter includes a housing and a filter element installed in the housing. The filter element is configured to filter an operating fluid in a given application. The filter element is cleanable in-situ in the installed condition in the housing. The cleanable air filter further includes a cleaning fluid applicator configured to apply a cleaning fluid to the filter element while the filter element is in the installed condition in the housing such that the filter element is cleanable without being removed from the filter housing.

Cleanable filter

Disclosed are multiple stage rotating coalescer devices comprising a first stage and a second stage. The first stage may include a rotating coalescing element comprising coalescing media. The second stage is positioned either upstream or downstream or the first stage. The second stage may include one of: (i) a rotating cone stack separator, or (ii) a separate rotating coalescing element comprising coalescing media.

Multiple stage rotating coalescer devices

Rotating coalescer crankcase ventilation (CV) systems are described. The described CV systems utilize a contact seal to seal a gap between a static side of a housing and a rotating coalescer inlet. The rotating coalescer may be driven mechanically, electrically, hydraulically, or the like. The contact seal can be formed via a soft solid or a liquid film created by oil. Accordingly, the contact seal is a hydrodynamic soft seal. The contact seal prevents the blowby gases from bypassing the filter element of the rotating coalescer. At the same time, the contact seal may be broken during positive blowby gas recirculation circumstances because the contact seal is a hydrodynamic soft seal.

Systems and methods for utilizing a low-friction rotating coalescer contact seal

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Fort Atkinson, WI, United States of America

Brian W Schwandt