Patent ID: 7435341

Claim:
A filter assembly, comprising: a housing shell defining an inner surface, wherein the inner surface defines a canister area, and a radially-inward projecting ledge defined by the inner surface, a filter media positioned within the canister area, a cap member including a radially-outward projecting rim portion that engages the radially-inward projecting ledge of the housing shell, one or more upstream passages, and a downstream passage, wherein an underside of the cap member is disposed directly over the filter media; at least one pressure relief valve directly mounted to the underside of the cap member, wherein the at least one pressure relief valve resiliently closes-out the one or more upstream passages defined by the cap member; and a base including an unfiltered fluid channel and a filtered fluid port that is adapted to threadingly-engage the housing shell, wherein the radially-outward projecting rim portion of the cap member is sandwiched between the base and the radially-inward projecting ledge of the housing shell as the base threadingly-engages the housing shell.