Oil filter element and oil filter

An oil filter comprising:

• a filter housing comprising a container part and further comprising a housing cover configured to close off the container part;
• an oil filter element inserted into the filter housing, the oil filter element comprising:
• a first end disk and a second end disk;
• an annular filter medium secured between the first end disk and the second end disk,
• wherein a longitudinal axis of the oil filter element extends through the first end disk, the annular filter medium, and the second end disk,
• wherein oil to be filtered can flow from an outside of the filter medium to an inside of the filter medium in a direction radial to the longitudinal axis;
• a central channel arranged fluidically downstream of the filter medium and comprising
• an outlet opening arranged at and extending through the first end disk;
• an elastically deformable axial sealing element surrounding the outlet opening and arranged on an axial outer surface of the first end disk;
• and
• a coupling member molded onto an axial outer surface of the second end disk, the coupling member extending across and closing the central channel at the second end disk, the coupling member having:
• a fastening means configured to detachably fasten the oil filter element onto the housing cover of the oil filter, the fastening means arranged at the axial outer surface of the second end disk and axially above the filter medium;
• and
• wherein the container part comprises an oil outlet connection that is inserted into the outlet opening of the oil filter element,
• the container part comprising a drain opening for oil, the drain opening bordered by a side wall of the container part in a direction radial to the longitudinal axis of the oil filter element, the drain opening extending around at least a portion of a circumference of the oil outlet connection;
• the elastically deformable axial sealing element sealing a crude side of the oil filter relative to the drain opening by being in sealing contact with an axial end of the side wall in the closed state of the filter housing, the crude side being fluidically upstream of the oil filter element;
• wherein the first end disk is a multi-layer end disk, comprising:
• a first layer arranged on an axial end face of the annular filter medium;
• a second layer arranged on an outer side of the first end disk, the outer side of the first end disk pointing away from the filter medium;
• a third layer, arranged between the first layer and second layer,
• wherein the third layer forms an adhesive bond that bonds the first layer and second layer to each other.