Patent ID: 11857901
Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A filter assembly comprising:
a housing;
a filter element for filtering a fluid and positioned within the housing;
an expansion membrane assembly that fluidly separates and is positioned between the housing and the filter element, the expansion membrane assembly extending along a housing inner surface, a housing top surface, and a housing outer surface of the housing, the expansion membrane assembly outwardly expandable within the housing towards the housing inner surface, wherein and a gap is defined between a portion of an outer surface of the expansion membrane assembly and a portion of the housing inner surface, the expansion membrane assembly comprising a membrane body and a lip, the membrane body positioned between the housing inner surface and the filter element and the lip extending along the housing outer surface; and
a filter head, the filter head forming an inner seal with and extending along an inner surface of the membrane body and extending along the housing outer surface.