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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon S. Wake, Verona, WI (US);
Donald E. Stiemke, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Fleetguard, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/700 ;
Abstract
An underhood air cleaner ( ) includes a plastic housing ( ) having an inlet ( ) for receiving dirty air, a filter element ( ) for filtering the air, and an outlet ( ) for discharging clean filtered air. A plastic outlet duct ( ) is butt welded ( ) to the housing outlet ( ) in axially non-overlapping relation, to eliminate axial overlap previously required for a hose clamp, to reduce the amount of underhood space required by an engine air cleaner in the axial direction.