US 12,263,426 B2
Fuel-water separator systems and methods
Mrinmayee Balasaheb Pokharkar, Pune (IN); Nilesh Bhaskar Nagare, Thane (IN); Gregory D. Shope, Cookeville, TN (US); Bharath Siddaramanna Onkarappa, Shivamogga (IN); and Brian M. Palmer, Cookeville, TN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,157.
Application 18/124,157 is a continuation of application No. 17/333,459, filed on May 28, 2021, granted, now 11,623,169.
Application 17/333,459 is a continuation of application No. 16/628,934, granted, now 11,077,393, issued on Aug. 3, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2018/041425, filed on Jul. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201741024558 (IN), filed on Jul. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219023 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 17/04 (2006.01); B01D 36/00 (2006.01); F02M 37/26 (2019.01)
CPC B01D 36/005 (2013.01) [B01D 17/045 (2013.01); B01D 36/001 (2013.01); B01D 36/006 (2013.01); B01D 2201/291 (2013.01); B01D 2201/309 (2013.01); F02M 37/26 (2019.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge assembly for a fuel-water separator, the cartridge assembly comprising:
a cartridge having an end; and
an endplate interfacing with the end, the endplate comprising:
a top side,
a bottom side,
an axial body,
a first radial rib extending radially from the axial body along the bottom side,
a second radial rib extending radially from the axial body along the bottom side,
an air vent extending through the axial body between the first radial rib and the second radial rib, and
a first circumferential rib including a first portion that extends circumferentially along the bottom side, the first portion radially separated from the first radial rib, the first portion cooperating with the axial body, the first radial rib, and the second radial rib so to provide a first flow path to the air vent.