Oil filter assembly
AssigneeJoma-Polytec Kunststofftechnik GmbH
InventorsStefan Heinz, Friedhelm Pfitzer, Peter Jungmann, Alexander Maute
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Abstract
An oil filter assembly (10) comprises a housing (12) that has a holding space for a filter element (20), which can be placed inside the housing and through which oil can radially flow, an oil inlet, an oil outlet, and a supporting tube (22), which supports the filter element. A guide (62) for a compensating body of the outlet valve is provided on a part that is separate from the housing (12). The compensating body (58) serves to compensate for axial tolerances of the housing and/or of the filter element.
Claims14
An oil filter assembly having a filter element, the oil filter assembly comprising:
- a housing having a holding space for the filter element when the filter element is placed inside the housing, said housing having means for directing radial oil flow through the filter element, wherein a base of said holding space has an outlet opening;
- an outlet valve disposed at said outlet opening, said outlet valve being closed when the filter element is inserted in said housing, said outlet valve having a compensating body to compensate for axial tolerances of said housing or of the filter element;
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- a supporting tube which supports the filter element when the filter element is inserted in said housing, said supporting tube having a guide structured as an opening for guiding said compensating body outside and above said outlet opening, said guide being disposed on a foot extending radially outward or on a collar of said supporting tube extending radially outward, said supporting tube mounted to said housing in such a manner that said compensating body, guided by said supporting tube, is protected from deflection in response to transverse forces.
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