Patent · US Active

Air filter unit having a radially divided housing

US8444736B2 · kind B2 · utility

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34References

9Claims

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Assignee

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klemens Dworatzek · Trier, DE
Ralf Bauder · Ketsch, DE
Steffen Ackermann · Speyer, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2012
Grant date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49881
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a filter element (10) having a filter bellows (11) which is covered at each end by an end disk (13, 14), the end disks (13, 14) are each provided with at least one coupling element for coupling to a filter housing (20) and connected to one another via at least one central tube (12) spanning the filter bellows (11). Alternatively, a central tube which runs right through and onto which end disks and filter bellows are pushed and which is configured at its ends for coupling with parts of the housing is present.

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