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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jacob Curtis Savstrom, Mound, MN (US);
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A cylindrical filter element having a central longitudinal axis and filter media including a plurality of radially extending pleats arranged in a pattern that repeats around the central longitudinal axis. Each of the pleats comprises an inner pleat tip, wherein the inner pleat tips of each pattern define an open area that extends along a height of the filter element, and wherein each pattern of pleats comprises a first series of intermediate pleats that descends in length from a major pleat to a minor pleat and a second series of intermediate pleats that ascends in length from the minor pleat to a major pleat of an adjacent pattern of pleats.