Patent ID: 7396376

Claim:
A filter element comprising: (a) a media pack including opposite inlet and outlet ends; the media pack defining: (i) a set of inlet flutes open at the inlet end of the media pack to passage of air to be filtered therein; the inlet flutes being closed at a location at or near the outlet end of the media pack; (ii) a set of outlet flutes closed to passage of air to be filtered therein at a location at or near the inlet end of the media pack and open to passage of filtered air therefrom at the outlet end of the media pack; and (iii) the media pack being closed to flow of unfiltered air into the inlet end and then outwardly from the opposite outlet end without filtering; (b) a preform positioned adjacent a first one end of the inlet and outlet ends of the media pack; (i) the preform having a housing seal support section projecting outwardly from a first one of the inlet and outlet ends of the media pack; (c) an overmold formed of a sealing material having: (i) a first portion sealing an interface between the preform and the first end of the media pack at which the preform is positioned; and, (ii) a second portion oriented to form an air cleaner seal having a radially directed seal portion providing a radial seal between the filter element and an air cleaner, in use; (iii) the first and second portions of the overmold being integral with one another.