Filter device for gaseous media, filter element, use of a filter element, and method for assembling a filter device

A filter device for gaseous media, the filter device comprising:

• a filter housing comprising at least one inlet opening for a gaseous medium to be purified and at least one outlet opening for the purified gaseous medium;
• at least one filter element comprising at least one filter medium body, the at least one filter element arranged in the filter housing in relation to a flow of the gaseous medium from the at least one inlet opening to the at least one outlet opening such that the at least one filter element separates a raw side correlated with the at least one inlet opening from a clean side correlated with the at least one outlet opening;
• wherein the filter housing comprises a first housing part comprising at least one filter element receiving space, wherein the at least one filter element is arranged in the at least one filter element receiving space, wherein the at least one outlet opening is arranged at the first housing part;
• wherein the filter housing comprises a second housing part, wherein the at least one inlet opening is arranged at the second housing part:
• wherein the second housing part closes off a service opening of the first housing part;
• wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are releasably connected to each other and separable from each other in order to be able to remove the at least one filter element from the filter housing through the service opening of the first housing part;
• wherein the at least one filter element comprises a circumferential seal arranged at an inflow side of the at least one filter element facing the second housing part, wherein the circumferential seal extends circumferentially around a virtual axis;
• wherein the circumferential seal comprises a circumferential seal section acting sealingly at least partially radially relative to the virtual axis and extending circumferentially around the virtual axis;
• wherein, in relation to the virtual axis, a radially outer circumferential side of the circumferential seal section rests seal-tightly, in relation to the virtual axis, at a radially inner interior wall surface of the first housing part;
• a rib disposed at the second housing part and projecting away from the second housing part with at least one directional component in an axial direction in relation to the virtual axis, wherein the rib extends circumferentially at least partially around the virtual axis, wherein the rib exerts a contact pressure on the circumferential seal in order to press the circumferential seal section against the radially inner interior wall surface of the first housing part.