US 12,447,428 B2
Integrated service cover and filter element utilizing bayonet feature for alignment
Jessie A. Knight, Oregon, WI (US); Matthew Louison, McFarland, WI (US); and Devendra Kalaskar, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Cummins Filtration Inc., Nashville, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/918,194
Filed by Cummins Filtration Inc., Nashville, TN (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/026954
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/211490, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202041015877 (IN), filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191297 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); F02M 35/02 (2006.01); F02M 35/024 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/0005 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0004 (2013.01); F02M 35/0201 (2013.01); F02M 35/02416 (2013.01); B01D 2265/022 (2013.01); B01D 2279/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter assembly, comprising:
a housing defining a pocket;
a cover comprising a bayonet sized to be received within the pocket, the bayonet defining an elongated opening; and
a filter element sized to be received within the housing, the filter element comprising:
a media pack; and
a filter shell coupled to the media pack, the filter shell comprising a trunnion that is sized to be received within both the pocket and the elongated opening to interlock the cover and the filter element such that removal of the cover from the housing initiates removal of the filter element.