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

Claim 0:
1. A filter assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a housing inner surface, a housing outwardly facing peripheral surface substantially radially opposite the housing inner surface, and a housing top surface extending between the housing inner surface and the housing outwardly facing peripheral surface, the housing outwardly facing peripheral surface being an outermost exterior surface of the housing;
a filter element for filtering a fluid and positioned within the housing; and
an expansion membrane assembly that fluidly separates and is positioned between the housing and the filter element, the expansion membrane assembly extending along the housing inner surface, the housing top surface, and the housing outwardly facing peripheral surface of the housing, the expansion membrane assembly outwardly expandable within the housing towards the housing inner surface 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 with the filter element radially spaced apart from an inner surface of the expansion membrane assembly.