Patent ID: 11857907
Assignee: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 13:
14. An air cleaner assembly comprising:
(a) a housing including a body and access cover;
(i) the housing includes a structural seal surface including a wavy section for sealing there against of a cartridge seal;

(b) an air filter cartridge positioned within the housing and releasably sealed to the structural seal surface of the housing, wherein the air filter cartridge comprises:
(1) a media pack comprising filter media and having a first end and an opposite, second end;
(A) the media pack surrounding an open interior;

(2) a first end cap arranged on the media pack first end;
(A) the first end cap comprising a housing seal arrangement and defining an air flow passageway in communication with the media pack open interior;
(B) the housing seal arrangement comprising a radially outwardly directed, seal member defining a radial seal surface oriented to releasably, sealingly engage surrounding structure, in use;
(C) the radial seal surface defining a perimeter-direction in extension around the air flow passageway, wherein,
(i) the radial seal surface having a non-wavy arcuate seal surface section, and,
(ii) the radial seal surface having a wavy arcuate seal surface section; and,

(D) the radial seal surface having the non-wavy arcuate seal surface section comprises at least 30% of the perimeter-direction in extension around the air flow passageway; and,

(3) a closed end cap position on the media pack second end.