Nelson Industries, Inc.

Cummins Engine Ip, Inc.

G Michael Gron, Jr

Christopher E Holm

Mark V Holzmann

Jeffrey A Fedorowicz

Raymond C Shute

Lawrence P Tracy

Michael B Lanius

Kendall M McBroom

A diesel engine crankcase ventilation filter is provided by a flat low profile filter housing extending in a horizontal plane and having an upper planar horizontal surface, a lower planar horizontal surface, and side surfaces extending between the upper and lower surfaces. A planar horizontal flat panel filter element extends parallel to the upper and lower surfaces. The housing has an upper plenum between the flat panel filter element and the upper surface, and a lower plenum between the flat panel filter element and the lower surface, an inlet receiving oil and air from the diesel engine and supplying same along an inlet path to the upper plenum to flow downwardly through the flat panel filter element to the lower plenum, a first outlet outputting air along a first outlet path from the lower plenum, and a second outlet outputting oil along a second outlet path from the lower plenum.

Flat low profile diesel engine crankcase ventilation filter

A flat panel filter element is provided for a diesel engine crankcase ventilation filter having a flat low profile filter housing extending in a horizontal plane. The flat panel filter element has media, including coalescing media, spanning a horizontal supporting and sealing perimeter border frame and passing flow downwardly therethrough.

Multi-peripheral perimeter sealed flat panel coalescing filter element

An engine block in combination with an oil drain tube for allowing oil from a turbocharger to drain back into the engine block includes a substantially cylindrical bore in the engine block into which a portion of the oil drain tube is press fit. The oil drain tube includes an insert portion which establishes a sliding fit with the drain-back bore, an interference fit portion, and an O-ring channel which is positioned between the insert portion and the interference fit portion. An O-ring seal is positioned in the channel and is sized so as to be placed in compressive contact against the inside diameter surface of the engine block bore. Although there is an interference fit between the interference fit portion and the bore, the compressive contact by the O-ring seal establishes a leak-free interface between the bore and the oil drain tube. This allows the oil drain tube to be turned or twisted within the bore without breaking or otherwise losing the leak-free interface.

Oil drain tube with annular seal

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Columbus, IN, United States of America

G Michael Gron, Jr