Cummins Filtration Ip, Inc.

Thomas J Braun

Christopher E Holm

Brian W Schwandt

Pathikrit T Banerjee

Caryn J Kindkeppel

Buwa A Baldeh

Peter K Herman

Robert A Bannister

Roger L Zoch

Gregory W Hoverson

Abhijit Shimpi

Kurt M A Badeau

Miao Li

Jared M Gwin

Jeffrey A Fedorowicz

John C Lukasavitz

Thom H Steger

Benjamin L Scheckel

Bradley A Smith

Abhijeet Vaidya

Bharadwaj R Prabhala

Matthew T VandenBush

Erica C Clark-Heinrich

Sonal Laxman Chirme

Daniel Potratz

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

Systems and methods for determining, using service component authenticity detection contained in a sensor module, whether an authorized or genuine service component element is installed in an automotive system are described. The authorized service component determination may be based on close-range communication technology such as radio frequency identification ('RFID') technology. An antenna in the sensor module may read the tag information from installed service component elements in a nearby service component and send any detected information into a filtration monitoring system. The filtration monitoring system or a remote diagnostic system analyzes the returned data (or absence thereof) to determine if a genuine (i.e., authorized, OEM approved, etc.) service component element is installed or not.

Automotive sensor with service component authenticity detection

A filter assembly includes a conditioning device that conditions a flow of air upstream of a mass air flow sensor. The filter assembly includes a support frame. The filter assembly further includes a filter media coupled to the support frame, the filter media having a dirty side configured to receive a stream of air and a clean side configured to output a stream of air that has been filtered through the filter media. The filter assembly includes a conditioning device coupled to the support frame, the conditioning device positioned in a downstream direction from the clean side of the filter media with respect to the stream of air, the conditioning device offset from the clean side of the filter media by a separation distance.

System and method for improving mass air flow signal quality

An oil fill cap for an internal combustion engine replaces a standard cap and provides separation of air and oil in a separation zone within the cap body. The cap body defines a plurality of passages therethrough, including an upstream passage, and first and second downstream passages meeting at a separation junction. The cap body defines a separation zone at the separation junction and receiving the air/oil mixture from the engine through the upstream passage, and sending separated air to the first downstream passage, and sending separated oil to the second downstream passage.

Oil fill cap with air/oil separator

An inertial gas-liquid separator has one or more nozzle valves having a sidewall and a downstream exit axial end radially constrictable and expansible to vary axial flow of a gas-liquid stream therethrough to an inertial impactor collector.

Inertial gas-liquid separator with constrictable and expansible nozzle valve sidewall

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Stoughton, WI, United States of America

Thomas J Braun