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US 6,306,192 B1Granted
Housing
AssigneeFilterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
InventorsVolker Greif, Stefan Kochert, Klaus Moessinger, Bernd Spaeth
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AssigneeFilterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
InventorsVolker Greif, Stefan Kochert, Klaus Moessinger, Bernd Spaeth
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A housing, in particular a pot-shaped filter housing. To connect housing pot 10 and cover 11, a joint consisting of closure elements such as locking clamps or bow clamps 16 is proposed which can be attached at the periphery of the housing via receivers 18. As there are more receivers 18 provided on the housing than locking clamps 16 which are required for absorbing retention forces, it is possible to vary the exact fitting position of the locking clamps according to the respective space available for receiving and mounting the housing. This is essential, because the rotating radius 27 of the tension levers 17 of the locking clamps has to be considered when mounting the locking clamps 16. It is thus possible to provide housings for any field of use with variable receivers for the closure elements.
A housing comprising a housing pot, a cover and at least one closure element for connecting said housing pot and said cover, wherein a plurality of receivers are provided on one of said housing pot and said cover and at least one engagement surface is disposed on the other of said housing pot and said cover, the number of said receivers being greater than the number of said closure elements, and wherein each closure element is capable of being optionally engaged with different receivers and engagement surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.