US 11,865,479 B2
Filter base for electronic connection to mating filter housing assembly
William Thomas Anniss, III, Simpsonville, SC (US); Willard Grant, Williamston, SC (US); Raony Barrios, Anderson, SC (US); William L. Small, Belton, SC (US); Marcello Correa Machado, Anderson, SC (US); Thomas W. McCollough, Anderson, SC (US); Christopher Stephan Rousey, Anderson, SC (US); Robert Astle, Middlefield, CT (US); George Nicholas Lauri, III, Windsor, CT (US); Chong Hun Yi, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); Brian Keith Weaver, Harrisburg, PA (US); William James Moyer, II, Selinsgrove, PA (US); Ronald Skovira, Carlisle, PA (US); Gary Altemose, Harrisburg, PA (US); Richard Benjamin Emenheiser, Mount Joy, PA (US); and Ramesh Subramanian, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,384.
Application 17/675,384 is a division of application No. 16/687,243, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,273,397.
Application 16/687,243 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/051076, filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Application PCT/US2019/051076 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/566,931, filed on Sep. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,031,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/730,787, filed on Sep. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0193584 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 35/30 (2006.01); B01D 35/143 (2006.01); B01D 29/96 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 35/306 (2013.01) [B01D 29/96 (2013.01); B01D 35/143 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0461 (2013.01); B01D 2201/24 (2013.01); B01D 2201/302 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4053 (2013.01); B01D 2201/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A filter base for receiving a complementary mating filter housing assembly, said filter base comprising:
a base platform having fluid ingress and egress stanchions located on opposite sides of a formed enclosure disposed therebetween, said formed enclosure having longitudinal sides and lateral sides; and
a wire harness assembly for establishing an electrical connection between said filter base and said complementary mating filter housing assembly, said wire harness assembly including:
a first connector;
a second connector;
conductors extending between said first and second connectors;
one or more contacts provided on said second connector, said one or more contacts being flexible from a first position to a second position when a mating portion of said one or more contacts engages a mating connection surface of said complementary mating filter housing assembly; and
a connector housing comprising substantially planar extended portions integral with or connected to laterally-extending portions of said base platform and separated by a gapped recess for accommodating at least a portion of said formed enclosure therebetween, said laterally extending portions extending outwardly from said formed enclosure longitudinal sides, said connector housing having an upper surface and an oppositely facing lower surface and dimensioned to receive a first end portion of the one or more contacts.