Air filter housing and air filter for an air intake conduit of an internal combustion engine

An air filter for an air intake conduit of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the air filter comprising:

• an air filter housing comprising a housing pot comprising a housing wall and a receiving opening,
• wherein the receiving opening is delimited circumferentially by a free rim section of the housing wall, and further comprising
• a housing cover configured to be placed along a mounting axis onto the housing pot;
• an air filter element, provided with a circumferentially extending elastomeric radial sealing element, insertable into the housing pot through the receiving opening;
• wherein the radial sealing element of the air filter element, when the air filter element is inserted into the housing pot, projects in a radial direction past the free rim section in an outward direction and seals the housing cover and the housing pot relative to each other,
• wherein the radial sealing element extends into a sealing gap disposed between the housing pot and the housing cover;
• wherein the housing pot comprises:
• a circumferentially extending collar formed on and projecting radially outwardly from an exterior surface of the housing wall of the housing pot and surrounding the receiving opening;
• and
• a plurality of stop ribs formed on and projecting radially outwardly from the exterior surface of the housing wall, the plurality of stop ribs projecting axially outwardly away from the circumferentially extending collar towards the receiving opening;
• wherein the plurality of stop ribs are circumferentially spaced apart about the circumferentially extending collar, and are positioned to contact against an axial side of the radial sealing element of the filter element, such that the radial sealing element of the filter element is spaced axially away from the circumferentially extending collar by the plurality of stop ribs so as to support the radial sealing element on the housing pot in an axial direction;
• wherein the plurality of stop ribs limits an axially oriented deformation of the radial sealing element relative to the free rim section of the housing wall when the housing cover is placed onto the housing pot.