Patent ID: 8828115
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. An improved air filter assembly comprising: an air filter element including at least one elongated mounting member arranged proximate to outer edges of said anti-crown support grid, said at least one mounting member each aligned parallel to said plane of said anti-crown support grid, said elongated mounting members aligned with and embedded within said seal frame; a first support rib group comprising at least one elongated support rib extending parallel to pleat folds and spanning across said clean side face, said ribs of said first support rib group each securely affixed at opposing ends to said at least one elongated mounting member; a second support rib group comprising at least one elongated support rib abutting against and extending across multiple pleat folds at said clean side face, said ribs of said second support rib group each securely affixed at opposing ends to said at least one elongated mounting members, wherein ribs of said second support rib group span across and connect to at least a portion of said ribs of said first support rib group; wherein at least one alignment feature provided along at least one of said at least one mounting members, said alignment feature is sized, configured and positioned to be receivable into a complimentary feature of a housing; wherein said at least one alignment feature comprises an elongated alignment rib spanning across the clean air face of the filter media and affixed proximate to its opposing ends to said at least one elongated mounting members, said elongated alignment rib having a substantially larger cross section relative to said support ribs.