Abstract: A fluid filter having a filter basket is described. The filter basket defines a filter interior through a first wall, formed of a filter element, which surrounds the filter interior, and a second wall, located at the bottom of the filter basket, accommodating an inlet to receive a fluid. The second wall includes a bypass channel extending into the filter interior, defining a bypass inlet therein, which in turn includes a bypass valve for routing the fluid to bypass the filter element based on the pressure differential across the filter. Further, the second wall includes at least one collecting pocket where filtered contaminants of the fluid can deposit and accumulate. Here, the bypass inlet extends above the second wall, placing the bypass inlet above the at least one collecting pocket.

Abstract: A reservoir for a hydraulic system includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is adapted to receive an incoming fluid and is formed within an inlet tube that extends into the housing. A filter within the housing, includes a filter element, defining an inner filter chamber, and includes an inlet opening encompassing the inlet tube that extends into the housing. The inlet opening allows the incoming fluid to enter the inner filter chamber for filtration. A base wall around the inlet opening includes a guide step that guides a relative movement between the reservoir and the filter. A relative movement between the filter and the reservoir facilitates the base wall, the guide step, and the inlet tube, to co-operate and establish a bypass route for selectively allowing the incoming fluid to bypass the filter, depending upon a predetermined differential pressure between the inlet and the outlet.