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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
May. 17, 1995
Claude L Berman, Cookeville, TN (US);
Donald W Beach, Cookeville, TN (US);
Fleetguard, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A snap-together, all-plastic filter assembly for filtering fluids includes a generally cylindrical injection molded plastic outer shell which has a closed base and an open opposite end and which defines a hollow interior which receives a filtering element and an integral injection molded plastic endplate/centertube member. The outer shell is injection molded with a pair of concentric, generally cylindrical, inner annular walls which are integral with the closed based and extend part way toward the open end of the outer shell. The filtering element which has a hollow interior fits down within the outermost of the two concentric annular walls and the centertube of the endplate/centertube member extends through the center of the filtering element and snaps in place by means of snap-fit projections which snap into snap-fit pockets disposed within the inner most of the two concentric annular walls. The filter assembly is designed as a spin-on filter and is threadedly engaged and positioned onto a mounting base thereby completing the fluid flow path. In related embodiments the filtering element is preassembled to the endplate/centertube member as a replaceable cartridge.