US 12,083,464 B2
Filter element, air cleaner assembly, and methods
Mathijs Verstraete, Tienen (BE); Bart Catoor, Kessel-lo (BE); William Vanaudenhove, Diest (BE); Mathieu Jonckheere, Wezembeek-Oppem (BE); Benny K. Nelson, Bloomington, MN (US); David J. Burton, Bloomington, MN (US); Steven K. Campbell, Lakeville, MN (US); Timothy J. Wessels, Victoria, MN (US); and Daniel E. Adamek, Bloomington, MN (US)
Assigned to Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/429,239
Filed by Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/017285
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/163756, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,824, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126228 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/52 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/0009 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0004 (2013.01); B01D 46/522 (2013.01); B01D 46/523 (2013.01); B01D 46/527 (2013.01); B01D 2265/027 (2013.01); B01D 2265/028 (2013.01); B01D 2279/60 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cleaner assembly comprising:
(a) a housing having an interior volume and an access opening in communication with the interior volume;
(b) a cover removably oriented over the access opening;
(c) a filter element removably oriented in the interior volume of the housing;
(d) a two-part mating catch assembly;
(i) a first part of the two-part mating catch assembly being secured to the cover;
(ii) a second part of the two-part mating catch assembly being secured to the filter element;
(iii) the first part and second part of the catch assembly being positioned to releasably mate when the filter element is operably mounted within the housing interior volume; and
(iv) the second part extending through an opening in the housing, when the filter element is operably mounted within the housing interior volume.