"Dual Cartridge Filter Stabilizer"
First Claim
1. A filter housing stabilizing system comprising:
- at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies, each filter cartridge housing assembly having a top end with at least one fluid port, a bottom end, and a lower housing portion;
a top cover connector plate attaching said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies at said top end;
a bottom cover connector plate attaching said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies at said bottom end;
a stabilizer in mechanical contact with said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies lower housing portion, said stabilizer having a locking member for securing said stabilizer to each of said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies, and presenting sidewalls in mechanical contact with each of said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies lower housing portion.
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Abstract
A stabilizer for suppressing vibration, shock, translational, and rotational forces, on a dual cartridge filter system. The stabilizer uses opposing curved surfaces which correspond with, and follow the curvature of, the diameter of each cartridge cylindrical housing. The stabilizer is formed having a stabilizer base with locking members or leg portions radially extending along a bottom portion of each opposing curved surface. The stabilizer is secured to each filter housing by having the locking members inserted within indents on a rim of the filter housing bottom end cap. In alternative embodiments, the locking member is a resilient tab that forms a friction fit with a complementary structure on the filter housing bottom end cap, or an interlocking snap-fit male/female clip complementary to a female/male clip or snap on the filter housing lower cap.
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1. A filter housing stabilizing system comprising:
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at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies, each filter cartridge housing assembly having a top end with at least one fluid port, a bottom end, and a lower housing portion; a top cover connector plate attaching said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies at said top end; a bottom cover connector plate attaching said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies at said bottom end; a stabilizer in mechanical contact with said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies lower housing portion, said stabilizer having a locking member for securing said stabilizer to each of said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies, and presenting sidewalls in mechanical contact with each of said at least two filter cartridge housing assemblies lower housing portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A dual filter housing stabilizing system comprising:
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a first and second cylindrical filter cartridge housing, each including a housing lower portion having a rim, a central opening within a bottom surface, and an indent along a portion of the rim; a stabilizer having opposed curved sidewalls complementary to an outer diameter of the first and second filter cartridge housings, respectively, and a base, the base including radially extended legs, each engageable with said filter cartridge housing indent, respectively; and a bottom cover connector plate including a stabilizer locking protrusion engagable with a stabilizer bottom center opening or notch and a filter locking protrusion engageable with each cartridge central opening. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A dual filter housing stabilizing system comprising:
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a first and second filter cartridge housing, each including a housing lower portion having an end cap forming a rim, an axially located notch on a bottom surface of said end cap, and a radial arcuate notch in said rim; a stabilizer including opposing concave curved sidewalls and a stabilizer base attached to, or integral with, said sidewalls, a bottom surface having an interlocking notch, the stabilizer base having opposing radially extending legs projecting approximately perpendicularly outwards relative to said sidewalls, said stabilizer base including lands and grooves at a foremost extended portion of each leg for engaging with complementary lands and grooves within the arcuate radial notch in said rim. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A stabilizing member for a filter cartridge assembly having two filter housings, each filter housing being cylindrical and having a lower end cap, the stabilizing member comprising:
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opposing concave sidewall surfaces having substantially the same curvature as the cylindrical filter housings for contacting said cylindrical filter housing curved surfaces; opposing locking members adjacent the bottom of the stabilizing member, said locking members slideably or frictionally engaged to an indent or notch within each lower end cap of said two filter housings. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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