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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Jeffrey R. Ries, Metamora, IL (US);
Jon T. Immel, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Darrell Lee Morehouse, III, Bedford, TX (US);
Stephen Ellis Oedewaldt, Mapleton, IL (US);
Philip Carl Spengler, Washington, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A filter element includes a bottom open end joined to a center tube opposite the top open end. The bottom open end defines a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface that is in communication with the central reservoir of the filter element. A first locking feature is disposed proximate to the bottom open end. The locking feature includes an entrance slot that is disposed on the radially inner surface of the center tube extending axially from the bottom open end. A similar or identical second locking feature is disposed proximate to the top open end.