Patent ID: 6716341
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B01D,F16H

Abstract:
A filter assembly comprising:a shroud formed to include a filter housing, said housing having a closed end wall, a sidewall surrounding a longitudinal axis and extending from said closed end wall to an open end, and a mount flange coupled to the filter housing at said open end and extending radially outwardly relative to said longitudinal axis, said mount flange being adapted to mount on a fluid pump arranged to lie alongside the shroud, the filter housing being formed to include a filter chamber, a filter-receiving opening at said open end extending into the chamber, and a fluid inlet port provided in said sidewall, a base formed to include a fluid outlet port and mounted on the filter housing to close the filter-receiving opening into the filter chamber, wherein said base includes a radially outermost periphery that is disposed radially inward of said mount flange relative to the longitinal axis of said filter housing, and a cylindrical filter media positioned to lie in the filter chamber, the filter media including an exterior portion located in the filter chamber to contact fluid admitted into the filter chamber through the fluid inlet port, the filter media being formed to include an interior portion defining a filtered-fluid region located in the filter media to receive fluid that has passed through the filter media from the exterior portion to the interior portion and arranged to discharge filtered fluid from the filter chamber through the fluid outlet port formed in the base.