Filter element, filter housing of an air filter and air filter
US10302050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02M35/09
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A filter element of an air filter, including: a filter medium for filtering air, partially surrounding an element interior of the filter element with respect to an element axis; wherein the filter element replaceably arranged within an openable filter housing having at least one inlet for air to be purified and at least one outlet for purified air so that said filter element separates said inlet from said outlet; wherein the filter element has at least one element-side support element on an outer side facing away from the element interior on at least one end face which is axial with respect to the element axis; wherein the support element includes at least one element supporting portion, which, at least in the installed state of the filter element in the filter housing, has a surface contour deviating from a flat surface on its end face facing away from the element interior.
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