Cummins Filtration Ip, Inc.

Fleetguard, Inc.

Michael J Frame

Michael J Connor

Michael R Furseth

Gary L Rickle

Paul B Rear

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.

Volume-efficient filter

A filter is provided by a panel filter element having a perimeter gasket having sealing planes axially between inlet and outlet axial ends of the panel filter element and having a merge point with the panel filter element axially between the sealing planes.

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Madison, WI, United States of America

Michael J Frame