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| 8182569 | Separator arrangement for gas/liquid separation; apparatus; and, methods A serviceable gas/liquid separator is provided. The gas/liquid separator has a cross-section with one long axis and one short axis, with an aspect ratio of at least 1.3. A preferred cross-section, is an elliptical cross-section. Assemblies in which the separator uni... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177976 | Liquid filter assembly, components; and methods A liquid filter assembly is provided. The preferred assembly includes a serviceable filter cartridge having a primary filter section and a secondary or bypass filter section. The preferred assembly includes a bypass valve arrangement and a suction filter arrangement... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177876 | Reduced solidity web comprising fiber and fiber spacer or separation means A web can comprise a substantially continuous fiber mass and a separation means dispersed into the fiber. The web having a preferred thickness resulting from forming a polymer material and a particulate into a fine fiber layer can have a variety of end uses. A filtr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177875 | Aerosol separator; and method Crankcase ventilation arrangements are shown. Preferred wet laid media materials, for use in such arrangements are described. Also described and shown are example crankcase ventilation components, parts for use with a preferred media described and characterized.... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177872 | Raincap precleaner, motor vehicle having a raincap precleaner, and method for precleaning air A raincap precleaner is provided according to the present invention. The raincap precleaner includes a sleeve, a cover, and a precleaner assembly. The sleeve is constructed for mounting on an air intake stack and has an air intake flow region for delivering intake a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167142 | Filter cartridge for liquid filtration; assembly; and, methods A liquid filter cartridge is provided. Preferred seal arrangements are provided, to provide for preferred axial load conditions, with respect to one or more of the end caps of the cartridge. Some cartridge configurations provided include no core structure or outer l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163056 | Air cleaner having anti-rotational arrangement and methods An air cleaner having a housing body and a removable cover and a filter element, in which the cover and the filter element rotationally interfere with each other by engagement between an inside surface of the cover and an outer radial periphery of the filter element... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152888 | Air filter A filter cartridge is provided which comprises a media pack, a preform and a molded-in-place region of seal material. The media pack generally comprises a coiled arrangement of facing sheet secured to corrugated sheet. The preform includes a projection surrounding t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147582 | Air cleaner arrangements; serviceable filter elements; and, methods An air cleaner arrangement or assembly is provided. The air cleaner arrangement includes a serviceable filter cartridge. The air cleaner assembly also includes an arrangement for positioning the filter cartridge into a preferred, sealing, orientation and for securin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141716 | Polysulfone and poly(N-vinyl lactam) polymer alloy and fiber and filter materials made of the alloy A polymer alloy has been developed comprising a polysulfone and a vinyl lactam polymer. The resulting alloy has excellent thermal characteristics and even in the presence of substantial quantities in vinyl lactam polymers, has solvent resistance to both organic and ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128724 | Non-cylindrical filter elements, and methods A filter element that has at least two, planar, non-curved filtration panels. In a preferred embodiment, the filter element has three panels, providing a generally triangular filter element. The outlet aperture, from the filter element, generally follows the configu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123937 | Liquid filter arrangement and methods A filter element includes filter media, first and second end caps, a latch arrangement projecting from the first end cap, a tubular neck extending from the first end cap and a valve head oriented within the first end cap aperture constructed and arranged to move bet... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119002 | Liquid filter assembly; and methods A liquid filter assembly is provided. The preferred assembly includes a serviceable filter cartridge having a primary filter section and a secondary or bypass filter section. The preferred assembly includes a bypass valve arrangement and a suction filter arrangement... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118901 | Fine fiber media layer Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful ap... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118900 | Dust collector and methods A dust collector includes a housing with a tubesheet and at least one filter element. A reverse pulse cleaning arrangement is provided to periodically emit gas pulses into a downstream flow face of the filter element. The reverse pulse cleaning arrangement includes ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117832 | Exhaust treatment device with electric regeneration system The present disclosure relates to a diesel exhaust treatment device including a catalytic converter positioned upstream from a diesel particulate filter. An electric heater is positioned between the catalytic converter and the diesel particulate filter. A shore stat... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116029 | Contaminant-control material for use in an electronic enclosure A filter material for use in an electronic enclosure. The filter material includes a mixture of carbon and calcium chloride. In some embodiments, the filter material further includes a polyolefin binder, and optionally other ingredients. In one embodiment, the filte... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110151 | Exhaust flow distribution device The present disclosure relates to an diesel exhaust treatment device including a main body having a central longitudinal axis that extends between first and second ends of the main body. A catalyzed substrate is positioned within an interior of the main body. A side... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101003 | Filter elements; air cleaner; assembly; and, methods A filter cartridge, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly are described. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The filter cartridge generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8083825 | Filter arrangement and method A filter arrangement includes a filter media pack having a side wall. A ring is oriented around and against the side wall of the filter media pack. The ring includes a band having an interior surface oriented against the side wall of the filter media pack and an opp... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075674 | Filter apparatus with pulse cleaning and methods for pulse cleaning filters A method of pulse cleaning filter media in panel, cylindrical, conical, or V-pack style filter in an opening of a tubesheet is provided. The method includes directing a fluid pulse at the filter media at an angle that is: (i) not normal to a plane of the opening of ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075648 | Nozzle arrangements and method for cleaning filter elements A method of cleaning a filter element includes directing a jet of pressurized gas from a nozzle onto a filter element, with the jet having a non-round cross-sectional shape that is a same general cross-sectional shape as the opening in a tube sheet holding the filte... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066791 | Air cleaner arrangements with internal and external support for cartridge; components; and, methods An air cleaner assembly and components therefor are provided. Features are described providing for a cantilevered support of a filter cartridge contained therein, and also, in some examples anti-rotational support. Also, a supported housing seal is shown. A filter c... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062399 | Air filter arrangement; assembly; and, methods An air filter arrangement, an air cleaner assembly including the air filter arrangement and methods of assembly and use are described. An air filter arrangement comprising a serviceable filter cartridge is described. The typical cartridge includes a recessed first f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057582 | System configuration of pulsed cleaned panel-style filter elements and methods An air cleaner is provided including a housing having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and an interior. A tubesheet is in the housing interior and has a plurality of openings. The tubesheet is oriented in one of either a generally horizontal or a generally ver... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057567 | Filter medium and breather filter structure Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units, such as breather caps. Such filter units can be placed in t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057563 | Filter apparatus configuration of pulsed cleaned panel-style filters and methods An air cleaner includes a housing with a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and an interior. A tubesheet is in the housing interior having a plurality of openings. A panel-style filter arrangement is oriented such that each one of the openings in the tubesheet is ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048210 | Web comprising fine fiber and reactive, adsorptive or absorptive particulate The assemblies of the invention can comprise a fine fiber layer having dispersed within the fine fiber layer an active particulate material. Fluid that flows through the assemblies of the invention can have any material dispersed or dissolved in the fluid react with... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048188 | Air cleaner arrangements; serviceable filter cartridge; and, methods Principles, techniques and configurations applicable in air cleaner arrangements and filter cartridges therefore, are described. In general the filter cartridge includes an axial pivot arrangement, for pivoting the filter cartridge in place, when mounted in an air c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038756 | Air cleaner arrangements; components; and, methods An air cleaner assembly and components therefor are described. The components include features of an air cleaner housing; advantageous main filter cartridges; and, advantageous safety filter cartridge features. Features of the main filter cartridge are provided to e... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034145 | Air filter arrangement; assembly; and, methods An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes strips of media comprising corrugated sheets secured to facing sheets and forming inlet and outlet flutes secured to one another in a stack. Block... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034144 | Filter arrangement; sealing system; and methods A filter pack includes a filter construction and a sealing system for sealing the construction within a duct or housing. The filter construction has first and second opposite flow faces and is configured for a straight-through flow. The sealing system includes a fra... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033304 | Contaminant control filter with fill port Filters, methods, and an apparatus for filling housings and both encapsulated porous and non-porous spaces with contaminant control media for placement in electronic enclosures, such as disk drive enclosures, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a filter assembly inclu... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029588 | Fine fiber media layer Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful ap... | 10/04/2011 |
| D646369 | Filter cartridge | 10/04/2011 |
| D646368 | Filter cartridge | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021457 | Filter media and structure In the filtration of fluid materials, the removal of particulate from the moving stream requires substantial pressure to maintain flow and substantial capacity for removing particulate. The filters of the invention are rugged, high wet strength materials having a ba... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021455 | Filter element and method A filter element having multiple formed layers of filtration media is disclosed. The media are layered so as to form a pore size gradient. The filter element is capable of removing both solid and liquid particulates from a moving fluid stream. The filter element has... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016903 | Z-filter media pack arrangement; filter cartridge; air cleaner arrangement; and, methods A filter cartridge for use in an air cleaner is provided. The filter cartridge comprises a media pack having a flow end with a framework arrangement thereon. The preferred framework arrangement comprises a frame piece that includes: a seal support; a handle arrangem... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012233 | Filter cartridge for air cleaner An air cleaner assembly is provided, which is configured for alternate installation therein of different sized filter cartridges. Features of the air cleaner assembly and components for use therewith, are described. Also methods of assembly and use are described. | 09/06/2011 |
