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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Cummins Filtration Sarl, Quimper, FR;
Gérard Malgorn, Quimper, FR;
Joel Coutant, Quimper, FR;
Pierrick Bonzi, Tregunc, FR;
Didier Jarno, Quimper, FR;
Benjamin L. Scheckel, Stoughton, WI (US);
CUMMINS FILTRATION SARL, Quimper, FR;
Abstract
A filter element comprising a filter media having a first end and a first endcap coupled to the first end of the filter media. The first endcap includes a flexible first endcap body having a first endcap rigid reinforcing member internally embedded therein. The first endcap rigid reinforcing member may comprise a wire mesh screen and the filter media may comprise a pleated filter media. The filter element may further comprise a second endcap coupled to a second end of the filter media. The second endcap may include a flexible second endcap body having a second endcap rigid reinforcing member internally embedded therein.