US 12,064,718 B2
Alignment notch for an endcap of a filter element
Joshua Luther Young, Livingston, TN (US); Dean Olson, Cookeville, TN (US); Carey A. Curt, Cookeville, TN (US); Philip S. Hall, Cookeville, TN (US); and Zdzislaw Chajec, Saline, MI (US)
Assigned to Cummins Filtration IP, Inc., Columbus, IN (US); and Davco Technology, LLC, Saline, MI (US)
Filed by CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC., Columbus, IN (US); and Davco Technology, LLC, Saline, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,185.
Application 18/127,185 is a continuation of application No. 17/056,966, granted, now 11,628,385, previously published as PCT/US2019/040841, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/696,136, filed on Jul. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233960 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 29/21 (2006.01); B01D 35/30 (2006.01); B01D 35/147 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 29/21 (2013.01) [B01D 35/30 (2013.01); B01D 35/147 (2013.01); B01D 2201/291 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filtration system, comprising:
a housing having a first housing end and a second housing end, the housing defining a central compartment therein, the housing comprising:
an alignment tab disposed on the second housing end, the alignment tab protruding from the second housing end towards the first housing end; and
a filter element positioned within the housing, the filter element comprising:
an endcap, comprising:
a first endcap surface;
a second endcap surface spaced axially apart from the first endcap surface, the second endcap surface extending along a perimeter of the endcap; and
an alignment notch element extending from the first endcap surface and protruding axially beyond the second endcap surface; and
filter media coupled to the endcap, the alignment notch element separating at least one pleat in the filter media from an adjacent pleat in the filter media, the alignment notch element defining an alignment notch.