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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 06, 2015
Cummins Filtration Ip, Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Scott W. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Robert A. Bannister, Ames, IA (US);
Joel D. Roltgen, DeForest, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Rech, Verona, WI (US);
Stephen L. Fallon, Oregon, WI (US);
Gregory K. Loken, Stoughton, WI (US);
Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
A filter element comprising a filter media and an outer surface. The filter media is formed in a closed loop, the closed loop defining a hollow interior extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end of the filter media and a second end of the filter media. The outer surface surrounds a perimeter of the filter element and is defined by a substantially circular first portion and at least one second portion. The first portion is substantially circular at a selected height of the filter media, and the at least one second portion is depressed relative to a circle defined by the substantially circular first portion at the selected height.