Patent ID: 8470175

Claim:
A fluid filter configured for reception in a fluid filter container of minimized volume comprising: an annular main filter element through which fluid to be filtered can pass radially; a supplemental fluid processing element, including a first frame and multiple individual fluid processing elements, disposed within the main filter element to which fluid discharged from the main filter element passes; end caps between which opposite ends of both the main filter element and the supplemental fluid processing element are disposed and to which the opposite ends of both the main filter element and the supplemental fluid processing element are secured; and a second frame within which a plurality of individual coalescer elements are mounted surrounding the annular main filter element, one of the end caps to which adjacent ends of the main filter element and the supplemental fluid processing element are secured being attached to an underside of an axial end wall of the second frame; wherein fluid is discharged from a central volume of the filter through one of the end caps.