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US 7,604,128 B2Granted
Filter apparatus
AssigneeMann+Hummel GmbH
InventorsKlemens Dworatzek, Ralf Bauder
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Abstract
A filter apparatus including a housing (2) and a filter insert (4), with an inlet opening formed on the housing (2) and an outlet fitting (6) mounted on a housing wall. The outlet fitting (6) has a contact face (7) for contact with the housing (2) and is provided with a tubular segment (13), which protrudes through an opening (9) of the housing, and a mounting element (22) is attached to the tubular segment (13) such that a region (10) of the housing (2) surrounding the opening (9) is clamped between the contact face (7) of the outlet fitting (6) and the mounting element (22).
Claims14
A filter apparatus comprising:
- a housing with an inlet opening formed therein and a further opening formed in a housing wall;
- a filter insert arranged in the housing in a flow path between said inlet opening and said further opening;
- an outlet fitting having a tube segment which protrudes through said further opening and a contact face for contacting the housing wall surrounding said further opening;
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- a mounting element affixed to said tube segment such that a region of the housing surrounding said further opening is clamped between the contact face of the outlet fitting and the mounting element;
- the mounting element comprising a mounting ring which is fixed to a lateral surface of the tube segment, the mounting ring having a radially outwardly directed flange against which rests one end of the filter insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.