Patent ID: 7931724

Claim:
A filter element comprising: (a) a filter media pack comprising filter media defining first and second, opposite, flow faces having a set of flutes closed proximate the second flow face; and, a set of flutes closed proximate the first flow face; (i) the media pack comprising a fluted sheet of media attached to a second sheet of media and wound; (b) a seal support having an extension disposed at least partially over the second flow face; the extension having: (i) an interior surface; (ii) a surface opposite the interior surface; and, (iii) an end remote from the filter media pack; (A) the inner surface and the surface opposite being positioned at opposite sides of the end; (c) a seal component molded-in-place on, and around, the extension; (i) the seal component including a portion on the interior surface of the seal support and a portion on the surface of the seal support opposite the interior surface; and, (ii) the portion of the seal component on the surface of the seal support opposite the interior surface defining a seal surface configured to form an outwardly directed radial seal with a housing; and, (d) a projection on the seal support projecting from the interior surface of the extension; (i) the projection projecting in a direction different from a direction of projection of the extension; and, (ii) the projection being positioned at a location between the filter media pack and the end of the seal support remote from the filter media pack.