IP Library Granted Patent US 9,951,668
Granted Patent B2
US 9,951,668 · App. 14/928,889 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Crankcase filter assembly

Inventors: Stephen R. Ide (Nazareth, PA); Kunjan S. Khambhati (King of Prussia, PA); James Laverty (Pennsburg, PA)
Assignee: RB Distribution, Inc.
F01M13/04B01D36/001B01D45/08B29C65/00F01M2013/0433F01M2013/0438
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Patent No.
US 9,951,668
App. No.
14/928,889
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filter assembly that includes a separator for separating gas from a fluid. The assembly includes; a base with surrounding walls that define a fluid reservoir; a baffle that overlies at least a portion of the reservoir; a filter element that is beneath the baffle and in the reservoir; and, a cover that is removably fastened to the base and includes a fluid inlet that terminates in a conical base with an unrestricted opening and the baffle includes a fluid impact cone.

Claims (12)

1. A filter assembly that includes a separator for separating gas from a liquid, the assembly comprising:

a base with surrounding walls that define a fluid reservoir;

a baffle that overlies at least a portion of the reservoir;

a filter element that is beneath the baffle and in the reservoir; and

a cover that is removably fastened to the base and includes a fluid inlet;

wherein the fluid inlet terminates in a conical base with an unrestricted opening and the baffle includes a conical recess that is spaced from the conical base, the conical recess is surrounded by and extends down from a flat ring, and the flat ring is concentrically surrounded by an upstand ring.

2. A filter assembly that includes a separator for separating gas from a liquid, the assembly comprising:

a base with surrounding walls that define a fluid reservoir;

a baffle that overlies at least a portion of the reservoir, the baffle concentrically including a flat ring, an upstand ring, and a wall;

a filter that is beneath the baffle and in the reservoir; and,

a cover that is removably fastened to the base and includes a fluid inlet upstream from the filter and a fluid outlet downstream from the filter;

wherein the cover cooperates with the flat ring, the upstand ring, and the wall to form the separator and the fluid inlet terminates in a conical base with an unrestricted opening and the baffle includes a conical recess.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC.; RB DISTRIBUTION, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 057650/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: IDE, STEPHEN R.; KHAMBHATI, KUNJAN S.; LAVERTY, JAMES
To: RB DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 036946/0526 →
Continuity (1)
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