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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Chad M. Thomas, Cookeville, TN (US);
Eric Burgan, Baxter, TN (US);
Mark J. Johnson, Cookeville, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Husband, Cookeville, TN (US);
Chad M. Thomas, Cookeville, TN (US);
Eric Burgan, Baxter, TN (US);
Mark J. Johnson, Cookeville, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Husband, Cookeville, TN (US);
Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An upper endcap of a fuel filter cartridge includes a skirt, an axially extending pin surrounded by the skirt, and a plurality of ribs that define fluid flow channels leading to the pin. The pin is extendable through an axially facing fuel inlet opening at the upper end of a standpipe for actuating a valve to an open position allowing fuel to flow through the axially facing inlet opening and into the standpipe. The valve can include a hole that receives the pin therein to help stabilize the valve when the valve is actuated open.