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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2021
Donaldson Company, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Erwin Verbelen, Meise, BE;
Luca Ghisu, Bierbeek, BE;
Robert A. Mcglade, Somerset, WI (US);
John K. Aune, Edina, MN (US);
Jared J. Flanigan, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Donaldson Company, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A filter element for releasable connection with a filter head a first end cap defining a first open aperture; a tubular construction of filter media being secured to the first end cap; and an axially extending neck, surrounding the first open aperture, having, an outer radial surface and an inner radial surface. The filter element includes a first linear to rotary motion conversion element, arranged to engage with a second linear to rotary motion conversion element on a valve element of the filter head so as to impart, when the filter element is moved linearly towards the valve element in a direction along a longitudinal axis, a rotational movement onto the valve element.