Filter housing composed of first and second releasably connected sections

US7442222B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klemens Dworatzek · Trier, DE
• Ralf Bauder · Ketsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2265/022
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A housing, particularly a filter housing, especially an air filter housing, including first and second housing sections which can be releasably connected by a relative rotational movement between the sections. Latching members corresponding to one another are disposed on each of the housing sections, such that a first number of latching members has means for securing the connection between the housing sections, and a second number of latching members has means for adjusting the torque required to unlock the housing sections and means for adjusting the torque required to lock the housing sections.