Patent ID: 6955701

Claim:
An air filter element comprising: (a) a first end cap; (i) said first end cap comprising molded, compressible, resilient foam material; and, said end cap having an as molded density of no greater than 28 lbs/cu. ft.; and, (ii) said first end cap having a standoff indent free outer periphery; and; (b) a media pack extending into said first end cap; (i) said media pack being cylindrical and defining an open filter interior; and (ii) said media pack having a cylindrical region of media circumscribing an open interior; and, no outer media liner; (iii) said media pack being pleated and having outer pleat edges; (c) an outer periphery of said first end cap projecting, radially, outward from said media pack by a maximum distance of projection of no more than 1.5 mm; (d) a second end cap comprising molded, compressible, resilient foam material, said end cap having an as molded density of no greater than 28 lbs/cu. ft., the media pack, at an end opposite the first end cap, extending into the second end cap; and (e) said first end cap having an outer, annular, surface with a beveled section toward said outer pleat edges extending at a bevel angle of no more than 10° relative to said outer pleat edges.