Air filter
AssigneeFilterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
InventorsVolker Ernst, Rudolf Leipelt
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Abstract
An air filter, especially for the intake air of an internal combustion engine, including a housing (10) with a filter insert (17). The housing includes a raw air inlet (11) and a clean air outlet (12), as well as an opening (13) for introduction of the filter insert (17). The filter insert (17) is included of a supporting element (18) and a filter element (19) and can be positioned in contact with a sealing surface with a sealing element or gasket (15) interposed therebetween. The housing (10) includes a supporting element (16) for the filter insert (17), and the filter insert (17) can rock or pivot relative to the supporting element (16) and reaches its final position through such a pivoting or swiveling movement.
Claims10
An air filter arrangement comprising:
- a housing and a filter insert arranged in said housing;
- said filter insert comprising a supporting element and a filter element;
- said housing having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an opening for introduction of the filter insert into the housing, and said housing comprising an abutment element having a sealing surface thereon;
- wherein said filter insert is provided with a pivot received in a pivot socket in said housing, said pivot and pivot socket together forming a hinge about which said filter insert is pivotable to an end position in which said filter insert is positioned against said sealing surface with a gasket sealingly interposed between the filter insert and the sealing surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.