Patent ID: 6379410
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
An air filter assembly for mounting on a motor vehicle, comprising bottom housing section, an upper housing section and a body housing section, said bottom section being removably attached to the body section,one of said sections having perforations for intake of air, an outlet for filtered air extending from the filter assembly, a threaded member mounted in the upper section, a filter element removably disposed in the body section, and an elongate member having a head portion rotatably retained in a wall of the bottom section and a threaded end portion opposite from the head portion for engagement with said threaded member in the upper portion, whereby the elongate member head portion is rotatable in said bottom section wall to engage the threaded end portion of the elongated member with, and to disengage the threaded end portion from, said threaded member in the upper section for detachment of the bottom section from the body section for removal and replacement of the filter element.