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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Daniel J. Wilberscheid, Cookeville, TN (US);
Robert R. Brackett, Cookeville, TN (US);
Fleetguard, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A replaceable filter cartridge includes a filter element and an end plate bonded to an end thereof The end plate includes at least two electrical contacts and a key way that includes a relief section . Upon proper installation of the filter cartridge into the housing of a filter assembly, a key attached to a centerpost of the housing is received in the relief section of the end plate and the electrical contacts thereof make contact with corresponding electrical contacts in the housing causing a data component to be energized. The data component may include a sensor, data chip, or resistor assembled to an exposed surface of the endplate.