Intake filter for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle

US7862639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Nikolaus Moser · Ditzingen, DE
• Andreas Franz · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Birgit Schimpf · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Joerg Hammerschick · Asperg, DE
• Klaus Waltenberg · Steinheim an der Murr, DE
• Emese Weissenbacher · Marbach am Neckar, DE
• Mathias Schuster · Heidelberg, DE
• Wolfgang Cedzich · Waiblingen, DE
• Heinz Buehl · Zell am Harmersbach, DE
• Andreas Steuss · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Juergen Werner · Bruckmühl, DE
• Harald Spaeth · Memmingen, DE
• Matthias Gradl · Seßlach, DE
• Michael Lechner · Großheirath, DE
• Hansjuergen Linde · Coburg, DE
• Uwe Neumann · Coburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2011
• Expiry date: May 1, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S55/28
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An intake filter for an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle including an unfiltered air intake region, a filter medium and a filtered air conduit, in which the unfiltered air intake region is arranged beneath the engine hood of the motor vehicle and is attached to the engine hood. The filter medium is tubular body which has a porosity that ensures a sufficient filtration of the intake air for the internal combustion engine.