Patent ID: 7434697
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A disposable, spin-on fluid filter constructed and arranged to mount onto a head that is configured with a threaded mounting shaft, the head providing a fluid inlet flow to the fluid filter and a fluid exit path from the fluid filter, said fluid filter comprising: a housing canister having a closed first end free of any opening and an opposite, open second end; a fluid filtering media positioned in and fixedly coupled to said housing canister; and an externally threaded mounting post formed as part of the closed first end of said housing canister and being constructed and arranged for assembly to said threaded mounting shaft to fixedly lock together said mounting post, said mounting shaft and said housing canister free of rotation therebetween, wherein said housing canister is mounted to said head by a threaded connection between said externally threaded mounting post and said threaded mounting shaft, and wherein said fluid filter is free of any conventional, threaded nutplate.