Air filter element with retaining geometry

US9446339B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Mario Rieger · Freiberg, DE
• Werner Blossey · Memmingen, DE
• Pascal Neef · Leonberg, DE
• Gelase Mbadinga Mouanda · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Sven Epli · Heilbronn, DE
• Franziska Schulz · Schifferstadt, DE
• Martin Schmid · Hamburg, DE
• Alfons-Alois Schwinghammer · Dingolfing, DE
• Joachim-Paul Krieger · Dingolfing, DE
• Michael Kolmeder · Dingolfing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2279/60
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is an air filter element (200) for insertion into an air filter housing, comprising an intake surface (275), a discharge surface (285), a filter medium (210), and a filter element-retaining device (240) which extends along at least a section of the periphery of the filter medium (210), between the intake surface (275) and the discharge surface (285), and which includes a retaining arrangement (270) that radially projects from the filter medium (210).