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Air filter, filter element and filter housing of an air filter

US10436155B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

20Claims

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Assignee

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Pascal Neef · Leonberg, DE
Nadine Sorger · Stuttgart, DE
Irmgard Thalmann · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2015
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M35/02416
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An air filter, including: an openable filter housing having an inlet for air to be cleaned, an outlet for cleaned air, a filter element exchangeably arranged with the filter housing. The filter element includes a filter medium radially surrounding and defining an interior space within the filter element and a support element secured to the filter element. The support element faces away from the filter medium and has a lateral support surface having a cylindrical section and/or a section with a cross section that changes in the direction of the element axis, whose main axis runs axially or parallel to the element axis and with which the support element is supported at least transversely to the element axis against a corresponding support section arranged on a side of the filter housing.

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