US 12,251,650 B2
Filter element with keyed spinning thread-on attachment
Michael P. Vercammen, Turlock, CA (US); Kevin B. Downs, Coventry, CT (US); and Rajeswara R. Kurri, Collierville, TN (US)
Assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/603,389.
Application 18/603,389 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/045221, filed on Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,142, filed on Oct. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,390, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226777 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B01D 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 27/08 (2013.01) [B01D 2201/4007 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4023 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4053 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter element, comprising:
a canister circumscribing a central axis and including a tap plate at an end of the canister, the tap plate including a central threaded opening along the central axis of the canister, and a first outer opening radially spaced between the central opening and a periphery of the tap plate;
media supported centrally within the canister;
a spinning disc element supported for rotation on the tap plate, a first keyed protrusion projecting outwardly from the spinning disc element, the first keyed protrusion defining a first flow opening;
wherein the spinning disc element is rotatable about the central axis when under an external force, and wherein the first outer opening is in fluid communication with the first opening of the first keyed protrusion such that fluid can pass between the first opening of the first keyed protrusion and the first outer opening in the tap plate into or out of the canister; and
wherein the first keyed protrusion extends axially outward beyond the tap plate.