US 12,138,573 B2
Pleated filter media assembly
Michael Henderson, Grass Valley, CA (US)
Filed by Michael Henderson, Grass Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,662.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,041, filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355234 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/52 (2006.01); B01D 46/121 (2022.01); B01D 46/58 (2022.01)
CPC B01D 46/523 (2013.01) [B01D 46/121 (2022.01); B01D 46/58 (2022.01); B01D 2265/06 (2013.01); B01D 2267/30 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pleated filter media assembly comprising:
a male member comprising:
a base plate,
an intake aperture configured for receiving fluid, and
a plurality of pleat ridges that extends downward, the plurality of pleat ridges is arranged in rows and columns; and
a female member comprising:
a front wall and a rear wall,
a plurality of projections extends upwards and are arranged in rows and columns, wherein the projections rows run between the front wall and the rear wall, wherein two adjacent projections of the plurality of projections in the rows form a plurality of pleat valleys, wherein the plurality of pleat ridges and the plurality of pleat valleys are so arranged such that when the male member is mounted over the female member, the plurality of pleat ridges are received within the plurality of pleat valleys respectively, and
an output aperture for the fluid to pass through,
wherein the pleated filter media assembly comprises two output apertures in the rear wall of the female member.