Removable shield in an engine oil strainer

Details Removable shield in an engine oil strainer Removable shield in an engine oil strainer

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Menon, Krishnan S (Department: 1772)

Liquid purification or separation

Filter

Within flow line or flow line connected close casing

C210S232000, C210S446000, C210S236000, C210S435000, C210S447000, C210S453000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07922005

ABSTRACT:
An oil strainer assembly is used to filter oil in an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle. The oil strainer assembly includes a strainer element and a housing. The housing has a first shell and a second shell. The housing has an inlet formed in one of the first and second shells and an inlet formed in the other of the first and second shells. The strainer element is disposed between the first shell and the second shell for filtering debris from oil passing between the inlet and the outlet of the housing. Each of the first and second shells has an outer wall. The first shell having a first flange for retaining the outer wall of the second shell. The first shell further having an outwardly extending tab for retaining a portion of the outer wall of the second shell opposite the first flange. The tab being movable away from the outer wall of the second shell to allow removal of the outer wall of the second shell from the first flange of the first shell along a generally radial direction.

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