Patent ID: 8551375

Claim:
A method of making a filter element, comprising: providing a filter pack having oppositely facing first and second flow faces and having a flow path running through the first and second flow faces, the filter pack having an outer filter pack surface extending transversely between the first and second flow faces; arranging a seal support frame over one of the flow faces of the filter pack, the seal support frame including an annular extension, the seal support frame having an inner surface facing inwardly and an outer surface facing generally outwardly; wherein the seal support frame includes a flow face screen extending over one of the faces; molding an annular seal member along the annular extension with a mold having an annular channel with the annular extension and urethane seal material received in the annular channel; and contacting the mold along an inner surface of the seal support frame in spaced relation to a terminating tip end of the annular extension and in spaced relation to the flow face screen to elevate the terminating tip end and the flow face screen in spaced relation above the mold so that the terminating tip end of the annular extension is not in contact with the mold during molding.