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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Kevin C. South, Cookeville, TN (US);
Abhijit Shimpi, Cookeville, TN (US);
Ismail Bagci, Cookeville, TN (US);
Lee Currier, Cookeville, TN (US);
Kevin C. South, Cookeville, TN (US);
Abhijit Shimpi, Cookeville, TN (US);
Ismail Bagci, Cookeville, TN (US);
Lee Currier, Cookeville, TN (US);
Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A filter apparatus for filtering fluid in an internal combustion engine, the filter apparatus including annular full flow filter media extending axially between a first end and a second end. The full flow filter media surrounds a reinforcing member which extends axially between the first end and the second end and includes a plurality of axially spaced apart circumferential connecting segments. The circumferential connecting segments extend between a plurality of substantially axially extending ribs which connect the reinforcing member to a radially inwardly spaced bypass tube. The reinforcing member also includes a plurality of flow apertures defined by the connecting segments and the ribs.