Patent ID: 6299762
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01F,H01H

Abstract:
An oil-filter assembly comprisingan upwardly open can generally centered on an upright axis and having at an upper rim a mounting ring formed with a throughgoing passage and having an axially upwardly directed annular seal surface and an annular upwardly directed annular shoulder surface offset axially downward from the upwardly directed annular seal surface;a filter insert of filter material in the can and having an annular outwardly directed flange sitting on the shoulder surface and an upper end wall;a cover fittable over the ring and having a lower surface engageable with the seal surface of the ring and with the upper end wall of the filter insert;means including fasteners for pressing the cover down on the ring and filter insert and retaining the cover in place on the ring;a pressure gauge mounted on the ring and connected to the passage; anda pressure switch mounted on the ring and connected to the passage.