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Granted Patent B2
US 12,263,431 · App. 18/502,949 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Air cleaner assemblies

Inventors: David J. Burton (Bloomington, MN); Hubert J. Rahn (Rosemount, MN)
Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,263,431
App. No.
18/502,949
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air cleaner assembly including a housing, a filter cartridge removably positioned within the inner opening of the housing, wherein the filter cartridge includes a media pack and a sealing member that includes a pinch seal portion spaced from an outer surface of the media pack and positionable within a housing channel of the housing when the filter cartridge is positioned within the inner opening of the housing, and a precleaner assembly positionable between the filter cartridge and the inlet end of the housing, wherein the precleaner includes a base member having a lower edge, and an access cover removably attachable to an inlet end of the housing, wherein the precleaner assembly is sealable within the air cleaner assembly by pressing the lower edge of the base member against a top surface of the sealing member.

Claims (31)

1. A filter cartridge in combination with a housing, the filter cartridge configured to be removably positionable within an inner opening of the housing, wherein the filter cartridge comprises:

a media pack comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, and an outer surface having an outer peripheral shape;

a frame member at least partially surrounding the media pack, the frame member comprising a frame wall;

a shell at least partially surrounding the media pack, the shell comprising a shell wall having a shape that is generally the same as the outer peripheral shape of the media pack; and

a sealing member extending at least partially around the media pack, wherein the sealing member is spaced from the outlet end of the media pack; and

wherein the housing comprises an inlet end, an outlet end, and an inner opening between the inlet and outlet ends defined by a housing wall having an inner peripheral shape that does not match an outer shape of the shell wall.

2. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the shape of the shell wall is obround.

3. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the frame wall comprises a shape that is different from the outer peripheral shape of the media pack.

4. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the frame wall comprises a shape that is the same as the outer peripheral shape of the media pack.

5. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the frame wall comprises a shape that is different from the shape of the shell wall.

6. The combination of claim 1 , further comprising a handle extending across opposite sides of the frame wall.

7. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral shape of the media pack comprises at least one curved portion.

8. The combination of claim 6 , wherein the handle is oriented adjacent the inlet end and projects in a direction away from the outlet end.

9. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the frame wall comprises an outer shape that generally matches the inner peripheral shape of the housing wall.

10. A filter cartridge in combination with a housing, the filter cartridge configured to be removably positionable within an inner opening of the housing, wherein the filter cartridge comprises:

a media pack comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, and an outer surface with an obround shape;

a frame member comprising a peripheral frame wall at least partially surrounding the media pack;

a handle extending from opposite sides of the frame wall;

a shell at least partially surrounding the media pack, the shell comprising a shell wall having an obround shape; and

a sealing member extending at least partially around the media pack, the sealing member spaced from the outlet end of the media pack;

wherein the housing comprises an inlet end, an outlet end, and an inner opening between the inlet and outlet ends defined by a housing wall having an inner peripheral shape that does not match the obround shape of the shell wall.

11. The filter cartridge of claim 10 , wherein the frame wall has a polygonal shape.

12. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the handle is oriented adjacent the inlet end and projects in a direction away from the outlet end.

13. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the frame member comprises a frame wall having a shape that is different from the obround outer peripheral shape of the media pack.

14. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the frame wall has an outer shape that generally matches the inner peripheral shape of the housing wall.

15. A filter cartridge configured to be removably positionable within an inner opening of a housing, wherein the filter cartridge comprises:

a media pack comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, and an outer surface having an outer peripheral shape;

a frame member at least partially surrounding the media pack, the frame member comprising a frame wall;

a shell at least partially surrounding the media pack, the shell comprising a shell wall having a shape that is generally the same as the outer peripheral shape of the media pack; and

a sealing member extending at least partially around the media pack, wherein the sealing member is spaced from the outlet end of the media pack; and

wherein the frame wall comprises a shape that is different from the shape of the shell wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2023
From: BURTON, DAVID J.; RAHN, HUBERT J.
To: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065694/0572 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17671846 · Feb 15, 2022
Division 16833795 · Mar 30, 2020
Continuation 15629253 · Jun 21, 2017
Provisional Application 62358932 · Jul 6, 2016
Related Publication 20240066452A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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