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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Lev Pekarsky, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Timothy A. Droste, Howell, MI (US);
Gary H. Hafemeister, Plymouth, MI (US);
Lev Pekarsky, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Timothy A. Droste, Howell, MI (US);
Gary H. Hafemeister, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A filter assembly includes a filter housing including an inlet, through which hydraulic fluid enters the housing, and an outlet, through which hydraulic fluid exits the housing, valve housing containing a bypass valve located adjacent the inlet in a chamber, the valve including an orifice that opens and closes in response to differential pressure across the valve, and a screen secured to the valve housing and covering the orifice, the screen having a fine mesh for removing contaminants from the fluid that flows through the valve.