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Filter element

US9561461B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ingo Haeusler · Eßlingen, DE
Stefan Kaiser · Greensboro, US
Ruediger Knauss · Bachmaier, DE
Gerhard Rudolph · Stuttgart, DE
Hans Waibel · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2015
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 23, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2275/206
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filter element for at least one of a fresh air system and a ventilation and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle may include a filter body including a folded filter material that laterally surrounds an internal space. A first end plate and a second end plate may be sealingly attached to the filter body at sides that are facing away from one another. A front plate may be arranged in a lateral region of the filter body. The front plate may include a first end plate joining region and a second end plate joining region facing the first end plate and the second end plate. The first and second end plate joining regions may be fused with a front-side end of the first and second end plates.

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