US 11,635,005 C1 (12,609th)
Oil filter assembly
Andrew Setz Kelly, Philadelphia, PA (US); Evan Soda, Perkiomenville, PA (US); Gabriel Kovacs, Abington, PA (US); Robert Pisch, Willow Grove, PA (US); and Eric Tryson, Willow Grove, PA (US)
Filed by RB Distribution, Inc., Colmar, PA (US)
Assigned to RB DISTRIBUTION, INC., Colmar, PA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,263, Jul. 28, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,635,005, issued Apr. 25, 2023, Appl. No. 17/406,639, Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,759, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on May 24, 2024.
Int. Cl. F01M 11/03 (2006.01)
CPC F01M 11/03 (2013.01) [F01M 2011/033 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-12 is confirmed.
1. An adaptor for connecting an oil filter and an oil cooler to an engine, the adaptor comprising:
a single metallic casting having:
an elongated body with a lower surface configured to mate with an oil lubrication network in an engine, an oil filter housing is defined at a first end of the elongated body, and an upper surface that is configured to mate with an oil cooler;
wherein the elongated body includes an oil lubrication flow path that is wholly within the elongated body and extends between the oil lubrication network in an engine, and the oil filter housing, and at least one threaded aperture is formed in the single metallic casting for receiving at least one additional component in a direct threaded engagement with the single metallic casting.