Patent ID: 7780849

Claim:
A magnetically enhanced oil filter apparatus, comprising: an oil filtration assembly which includes a filtration assembly base, oil inlets and an oil outlet located in said filtration assembly base, an exterior housing connected to said filtration assembly base, wherein said exterior housing and said filtration assembly base define a pre-filtration zone, a filtration material support bracket resting on said filtration assembly base, wherein said filtration assembly base and said filtration material support bracket define a post-filtration zone, a quantity of filtration material supported by said filtration material support bracket and located in said pre-filtration zone, a flow director shroud connected to said filtration material support bracket and located in said pre-filtration zone, wherein a top portion of said flow director shroud extends over said filtration material, and a retainer spring, positioned between said exterior housing and a top portion of said filtration material support bracket, for urging said filtration material support bracket in firm contact with said filtration assembly base, a magnetic flux assembly resting on said oil filtration assembly, assembly-to-assembly connection means for connecting said magnetic flux assembly to said oil filtration assembly, wherein said top portion of said flow director shroud forms a flow director orifice, and wherein said flow director orifice has a flow director orifice first diameter which is greater than an external diameter of said retainer spring whereby said retainer spring is adapted to extend through said orifice between said exterior housing and a top portion of said filtration material support bracket.