Filter housing and air filter unit for a combustion engine
AssigneeScania CV AB
InventorsEmil Pettersson, Sven-Erik Nyberg
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Abstract
A filter housing (10) for a filter unit (50) with a substantially semicylindrical air filter (52). The housing includes an air inlet (20) and an engine air outlet (40). The filter housing (10) has a top aperture (12) for introducing and taking out the filter unit (50), and a cover (30) to close the top aperture (12), a bottom aperture (16) to be closed and opened by a closed filter bottom (70) of the filter unit (50) being introduced or taken out. Also, a filter unit for such a filter housing is disclosed.
Claims8
A filter housing configured for containing a filter unit having an interior shaped for receiving a substantially semicylindrical air filter;
- the housing comprising an air inlet and an engine air outlet;
- the housing having a top aperture for introducing and taking out the filter unit from the housing and also having a bottom aperture;
- the filter unit having a closed filter bottom;
- the bottom aperture being configured to be closed and opened by the closed filter bottom of the filter unit being respectively introduced or taken out;
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- a cover configured to close the top aperture and to be opened to open the top aperture.
A filter unit configured for being received in a filter housing, the filter housing having an air inlet and an engine air outlet;
- the filter unit comprising a substantially semicylindrical air filter;
- the filter housing having a bottom aperture;
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- a closed filter bottom located and configured to close the bottom aperture of the filter housing when the filter unit is being introduced into the filter housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.