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US 7,419,525 · App. 11/241,245 · Granted Sep 2, 2008

Filter and method of making

Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,419,525
App. No.
11/241,245
Granted
Sep 2, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filter, comprising: a plurality of individual elongated members arranged into a configuration, each of the plurality of elongated members having an internal cavity extending completely therethrough, the plurality of individual elongated members being formed from a filter media for filtering a fluid, the filter having a first end and a second end defined by the ends of the plurality of individual elongated members and a plurality of areas defined between each of the plurality of individual elongated members, wherein fluid flow is blocked at the first end by sealing the plurality of areas at the first end with a sealing material and fluid flow is blocked at the second end by sealing the internal cavity of each of the plurality of individual elongated members at the second end with a sealing material, wherein fluid flow through the filter must pass through the filter media.

Claims (11)

1. A method for making a filter, comprising:

extruding a plurality of separately formed individual elongated filter members from a filter media;

grouping the plurality of separately formed individual elongated filter members into a configuration such that an exterior surface of each of the plurality of separately formed individual elongated members contacts an exterior surface of at least one other of the plurality of separate individual elongated members, the plurality of individual elongated filter members having varying lengths and each of the plurality of individual elongated filter members having a passage extending therethrough;

sealing portions of one end of the filter by sealing areas defined between the exteriors of each of the plurality of individual elongated filter members;

sealing portions of another end of the filter by sealing the passage of the plurality of individual elongated filter members; and

placing one end of the configuration onto a non-uniform tool wherein the plurality of individual elongated members are relocated prior to the sealing steps.

2. A method for making a filter, comprising:

grouping a plurality of individual elongated members into a cavity of a tool, the cavity defining a non-uniform configuration, the plurality of individual elongated members being formed from a filter media for filtering a fluid and each of the plurality of individual elongated members having a passage extending therethrough;

sealing portions of one end of the filter by sealing areas defined between the exteriors of each of the plurality of individual elongated members; and

sealing portions of another end of the filter by sealing the passage of the plurality of individual elongated members.

3. The method as in claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of individual elongated members have different lengths.

Assignments (22)
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To: GLAS USA LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6061548100 · Oct 1, 2004
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