Patent ID: 8101003

Claim:
An air filter cartridge comprising: (a) a media construction having an inlet flow end and an outlet flow end comprising flutes extending in a direction between the inlet end and the outlet end and configured to provide straight through flow; (i) the media construction having a cross-sectional configuration including a pair of spaced opposite curved ends; (b) an impermeable shell having opposite ends and a sidewall extending therebetween; the shell sidewall circumscribing the media construction; the shell having a seal support; (i) the media construction being secured within the shell; (ii) the seal support defining a plurality of seal flow apertures therethrough; (c) structure provided between the sidewall to contain the media construction between the sidewall; (d) a seal arrangement secured to the seal support; (i) the seal arrangement molded to the seal support and extending through the seal flow apertures; (ii) the seal arrangement and seal support forming an axial seal member extending completely peripherally around the media construction and oriented to form an axial seal with a portion of a housing, when the air filter cartridge is operably positioned in a housing; the seal member including first and second opposite sides and an outer annular surface; the first and second opposite sides of the seal member being compressible axially toward one another to seal the air filter cartridge to the housing; and (e) wherein the shell is secured to the media construction by the seal arrangement.