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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:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johnny H Wong, Gastonia, NC (US);
Louis Michael Dubowicz, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55498 ; 553853 ; 55502 ; 55528 ; 55DI / ;
Abstract
A low restriction air filter is especially useful for racing engines and includes a filter media of spun-bonded synthetic material, such as polyester co-pleated with a metal screen on the dirty side of the filter. An expanded metal aluminum screen surrounds the clean side of the filter media and annular end seals made of plastisol seal the axial ends of the filter media. The filter element has an inside diameter of about 14 inches, a height of about 4 inches and a filter media thickness in the radial direction of about 1 inch.