Patent ID: 7097693

Claim:
A filter comprising: a head assembly, a filter assembly, comprising: a filter element support structure comprising a depth filter core having first and second ends and a length, said first end configured to engage said head assembly, said depth filter core further having a passage formed along its length, providing a depth filter core passage; a membrane receiver mounted to said second end of said depth filter core, said membrane receiver formed to communicate with said depth filter core passage; a coalescing depth filter enveloping said depth filter core; a phase separation membrane situated in said membrane receiver in a transverse position with respect to said coalescing depth filter; a bowl formed to engage said head assembly to form a housing, said housing formed to envelope said filter assembly in fluid impermeable fashion whereby gas passing through said coalescing depth filter is then filtered by said phase separation membrane, which gas is then directed through said depth filter core passage to said head assembly.