Patents Assigned to CUMMINS FILTRATION IP
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Patent number: 11969683Abstract: A separation assembly comprises a housing and a plate. The housing comprises an inlet and an outlet. The plate is positioned within the housing between the inlet and the outlet. The plate comprises a wall, at least one aperture, and at least one chimney comprising an inner surface surrounding the at least one aperture and an outer surface. The chimney extends from an upstream side of the wall and encompasses only a portion of a flow path between the inlet and the upstream side of the wall such that fluid can flow radially beyond the outer surface of the at least one chimney in the housing between the inlet and the wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Ruchi Lutade, Avinash Ayarekar, Christopher E. Holm, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Sachin Ravasaheb Managave, Vijay Dinkar Kolhe
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Patent number: 11969687Abstract: Various embodiments provide for a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter element, and a cover. The filter housing has a first housing end and a second housing end that define an internal cavity. The filter housing has a housing seal member formed on the second housing end. The filter element is disposed in the internal cavity. The filter element includes a filter media, an endplate, and a filter seal member. The filter media has a first media end and a second media end. The endplate is disposed at the first media end. The filter seal member is formed on the endplate. The filter seal member includes an inner seal portion and an outer seal portion. The filter seal member is configured to engage the housing seal member. The cover secures the engagement of the housing seal member and the filter seal member.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mark V. Holzmann, Ken Tofsland, Scott Gerald Manke, Wesley J. Martin, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Joseph Appelhans, Guiliang Zheng
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Patent number: 11969686Abstract: A filter element including a first endplate, a second endplate, filter media fitted between the first endplate and the second endplate, the first endplate including an opening that allows a working fluid to flow into or out of the filter media, the filter media allowing the working fluid to be filtered through the filter media and a seal member having an oval profile disposed on the first endplate and configured to seal with a filter housing, the seal member including an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter including a plurality of outwardly curved surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INCInventors: Scott W. Schwartz, Jessie A. Knight, Michael T. Zuroski
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Patent number: 11969681Abstract: An air cleaner assembly includes a filter housing extending axially along a longitudinal axis and a cover. The filter housing includes at least one sidewall (e.g., an annular sidewall) extending between a first housing end and a second housing end and a retainer formed proximate at least one of the first housing end and the second housing end. The cover is removably coupled to at least one of the first housing end and the second housing. The cover includes a handle assembly having a latch configured to releasably engage the retainer at the fiber housing. The filter element includes filter media and is axially insertable into the filter housing when the cover is removed from the filter housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Matthew Louison, Travis E. Goodlund
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Patent number: 11964224Abstract: A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Brian W. Schwandt, Christopher E. Holm, Chirag D. Parikh, Suryanarayanan Paneerselvam, Peter K. Herman
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Patent number: 11951431Abstract: Rotating coalescer elements that maximize the radial-projected separation surface area in a given (rotating) cylindrical volume, where flow to be cleaned is passing axially upward or downward through a separating media of the rotating coalescer element. Various example package assemblies are provided with various types of rotating configurations including cylindrical coiled media packs, frustum coiled media packs, concentric cylinders, coiled metal or polymer films with and without perforations, and/or alternating layers of different materials. The described rotating coalescers may be driven by hydraulic turbine, electric motor, belt, gear or by mounting on rotating machine components, such as rotating engine shafts or connected components.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Christopher E. Holm, Peter K. Herman, Arun P. Janakiraman, Gerard Malgorn, Chirag D. Parikh, Anthony Barreteau, Ronan Corvec, Ken Tofsland
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Patent number: 11952926Abstract: A rotating separator including a filter element extending axially along a longitudinal axis and including a first endplate, a second endplate, and a separating element. The first endplate includes a center tube. The second endplate is coupled to the first endplate and includes a central aperture having a perimeter and receiving the center tube. The filter element also includes an axially extending slot and an axially extending protrusion positioned on one of the first endplate and the second endplate and configured to engage with each other. The first and second endplates form an interior cavity when coupled together. The rotating separator includes a filter structure positioned within the interior cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Bradley A. Smith, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Chirag D. Parikh
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Patent number: 11946404Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to a system that includes a nozzle. A dosing line is connected to the nozzle and a fuel dosing module. The fuel dosing module is in fluid communication with the dosing line and includes an outlet in fluid communication with the dosing line. An air inlet is positioned upstream of the outlet and is configured to receive air. A fuel inlet is positioned upstream of the outlet and is configured to receive fuel. A fuel valve is positioned upstream of the outlet and downstream of the fuel inlet and is configured to control the flow of fuel. The fuel dosing module is configured to combine the fuel and the air upstream of the outlet and downstream of the fuel valve to generate an air-fuel fluid, wherein the air-fuel fluid removes particles from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mihai Chiruta, Barry Mark Verdegan, Wassem Abdalla, Z. Gerald Liu
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Publication number: 20240082760Abstract: A inflation sealing system is provided for sealing a filter element in a housing at a mating interface therebetween. The sealing system includes a keyed interface. A replacement filter element is provided for such filtration sealing system, with the replacement filter element including a keyed interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Caryn J. KINDKEPPEL, Brian W. Schwandt, Thomas J. Braun, Christopher E. Holm, Pathikrit T. Banerjee, Buwa A. Baldeh
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Publication number: 20240075416Abstract: A filter assembly that includes a filter housing with a housing interlocking feature, a filter cover with a filter cover interlocking feature, and a filter element with a filter element interlocking feature is disclosed. The filter element is positionable within the filter housing, and the filter cover is attachable to a top portion of at least one of the filter element and the filter housing. The housing interlocking feature, the filter cover interlocking feature, and the filter element interlocking feature are interlockable with each other and extend in a nonplanar configuration along at least one side of the filter element when the filter housing, the filter cover, and the filter element are assembled together.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mark V. Holzmann, Scott W. Schwartz, Gregory K. Loken, Jessie A. Knight, Dani P. Miller
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Patent number: 11918948Abstract: Rotating coalescer crankcase ventilation (CV) systems are described. The described CV systems utilize a pumping pressure created by the porous media of the rotating coalescer to maintain positive recirculation of filtered blowby gases through a potential leak gap between a static housing inlet and a spinning component of the rotating coalescer. In some arrangements, the porous media is fibrous media. The filter media may be pleated or non-pleated. The positive recirculation caused by the pressure balance prevents unfiltered blowby gases from bypassing the media of the rotating coalescer from the upstream side to the downstream side of the filter media through the gap. During operation, the pressure balance between the upstream side and downstream side of the filter media maintains the positive recirculation, which in turn maintains a high filtration efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Chirag D. Parikh, Christopher E. Holm, Peter K. Herman, Arun P. Janakiraman, Brian W. Schwandt
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Patent number: 11918941Abstract: A filter assembly includes a filter housing having a longitudinal axis, the filter housing divided into a first filter chamber and a second filter chamber, a first element bottom endplate, a second element top endplate, an intermediate endplate positioned along the longitudinal axis between the second element top endplate and the first element bottom endplate, a first filter element housed within the first filter chamber and comprising first filter media positioned between the first element bottom endplate and the intermediate endplate, and a second filter element housed within the second filter chamber and comprising second filter media positioned between the second element top endplate and the intermediate endplate.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Anil I. Sawant, Vijaykumar Mahadev Burande, Benjamin L. Scheckel, Barry Mark Verdegan, Miao Li, Billy M. Bates, Mark T. Wieczorek
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Patent number: 11911714Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to perforated filter media and coalescing filter elements utilizing perforated filter media. One example coalescing filter element is structured to separate a dispersed phase from a continuous phase of a mixture. The filter media includes a first coalescing layer. The first coalescing layer includes a first filter media. The first filter media has a plurality of pores and a first perforation. Each of the plurality of pores is smaller than the first perforation. The first perforation is formed in the first filter media and extends through the first filter media. The plurality of pores are structured to capture a portion of the dispersed phase. The first perforation is structured to facilitate the transmission of coalesced drops of the dispersed phase through the first coalescing layer such that the coalesced drops of the dispersed phase are separated from the portion of the dispersed phase captured in the first coalescing layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mark T. Wieczorek, Joshua Ryan Hendrixson, Barry Mark Verdegan
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Patent number: 11883767Abstract: A filter assembly includes a drain port comprising a top portion and at least one surface modification along the top portion. The drain port defines an aperture therein and is alignable with an outlet port. The outlet port includes a seal member that is attachable to an end portion of the outlet port. A portion of the aperture of the drain port is sealable to the seal member when the drain port and the outlet port are aligned such that the at least one surface modification of the drain port does not abut the seal member of the outlet port, thereby creating a sealed connection between the drain port and the outlet port.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Pravin S. Kadam, Wassem Abdalla, Manolito D. Mendoza, Peter K. Herman, Kevin C. South, Ismail C. Bagci, Deeksha Shukla
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Publication number: 20240017194Abstract: A filtration assembly includes a filter housing and a filter element. The filter housing includes a base and a cover including an underside having one or more retainer features. The cover is removably coupled to the base. The filter element is removably installed within the base when the cover is coupled to the base. The filter element includes filter media and an endplate coupled to one end of the filter media. The endplate includes an outer perimeter and one or more engagement features protruding from the outer perimeter. The one or more engagement features engage the one or more retainer features in the cover upon installation of the endplate into the cover, thereby coupling the endplate to the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Cummins Filtration IP, IncInventors: Wassem Abdalla, Ismail C. Bagci, Robert A. Bannister, Joshua Luther Young
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Patent number: 11865488Abstract: Filter media having a design embossed into the media are described. In some arrangements, the filter media is pleated filter media. In other arrangements, the filter media includes a plurality of channels, such as tetrahedron channels. The filter media includes a pattern of interrupted straight or angled embossments that help maintain separation between adjacent layers of the filter media. The embossments allow for two adjacent media layers (e.g., mating surfaces of the filter media) to remain separated, thereby increasing dust holding capacity and lowering pressure drop ever similarly configured filter media not having the embossments.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Emmanuel Page, Anthony Barreteau, Kurt M. A. Badeau, Christopher E. Holm
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Patent number: 11857901Abstract: A filter assembly comprises a housing, a filter element for filtering a fluid and positionable within the housing, and an expansion membrane assembly. The expansion membrane assembly fluidly separates and is positionable between the housing and the filter element. The membrane assembly extends along an inner surface, a top surface, and an outer surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Bharath Siddaramanna Onkarappa, Mrinmayee Balasaheb Pokharkar, Nilesh Bhaskar Nagare, Nilay Shah, Christopher E. Holm, Frank Wolfgang Becker, Santoshini Choudhary
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Patent number: 11857894Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to perforated filter media and coalescing filter elements utilizing perforated filter media. One example coalescing filter element is structured to separate a dispersed phase from a continuous phase of a mixture. The filter media includes a first coalescing layer. The first coalescing layer includes a first filter media. The first filter media has a plurality of pores and a first perforation. Each of the plurality of pores is smaller than the first perforation. The first perforation is formed in the first filter media and extends through the first filter media. The plurality of pores are structured to capture a portion of the dispersed phase. The first perforation is structured to facilitate the transmission of coalesced drops of the dispersed phase through the first coalescing layer such that the coalesced drops of the dispersed phase are separated from the portion of the dispersed phase captured in the first coalescing layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mark T. Wieczorek, Joshua Ryan Hendrixson, Barry Mark Verdegan
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Patent number: 11833459Abstract: A filtration sealing system is provided for sealing a filter element in a housing at a mating interface therebetween. The sealing system includes a keyed interface. A replacement filter element is provided for such filtration sealing system, with the replacement filter element including a keyed interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Caryn J. Kindkeppel, Brian W. Schwandt, Thomas J. Braun, Christopher E. Holm, Pathikrit T. Banerjee, Buwa A. Baldeh
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Patent number: 11813559Abstract: A filter assembly that includes a filter housing with a housing interlocking feature, a filter cover with a filter cover interlocking feature, and a filter element with a filter element interlocking feature is disclosed. The filter element is positionable within the filter housing, and the filter cover is attachable to a top portion of at least one of the filter element and the filter housing. The housing interlocking feature, the filter cover interlocking feature, and the filter element interlocking feature are interlockable with each other and extend in a nonplanar configuration along at least one side of the filter element when the filter housing, the filter cover, and the filter element are assembled together.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mark V. Holzmann, Scott W. Schwartz, Gregory K. Loken, Jessie A. Knight, Dane P. Miller