Filter housing and filter assembly
AssigneeMann+Hummel GmbH
InventorsMichael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland, Karlheinz Muenkel, Manfred Winter
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Abstract
A filter housing for receiving a filter element is provided with a first housing part having a first housing opening and a second housing opening. A second housing part is connected to the first housing part. A first connecting socket is arranged at the first housing opening of the first housing part. A second connecting socket is arranged at the second housing opening of the first housing part. A receiving space is provided in an interior of the filter housing between the first and second housing openings, wherein the receiving space accommodates the filter element.
Claims23
A filter housing for receiving a filter element, the filter housing comprising:
- a two part housing having
- a first housing part;
- and
- a second housing part;
- wherein one of the housing parts is a cover removably secured onto a remaining one of the housing parts;
- wherein the first housing part having two flow openings:
- an inflow opening and an outflow opening;
- a first connecting socket arranged on one of the inflow or the outflow openings of the first housing part;
- a second connecting socket arranged on a remaining one of the inflow or the outflow openings of the first housing part;
- a receiving space provided in an interior of the filter housing between the first and second housing openings, wherein the receiving space is configured to receive the filter element;
- wherein at least one of the first housing part and the second housing part includes a support element formed as an inward projecting member projecting inwardly from an interior wall of the housing into an interior of the housing and extending towards an outflow face of the filter element to supportively engage against the outflow face of the filter element;
- flow guiding elements mounted in or directly onto at least one of the first and second connecting sockets;
- wherein the flow guiding elements are flow guiding baffle plates.
A filter assembly comprising:
- a filter housing comprising:
- a first housing part;
- and
- a second housing part;
- wherein one of the housing parts is a cover removably secured onto a remaining one of the housing parts;
- wherein the first housing part having two flow openings:
- an inflow opening and an outflow opening;
- a first connecting socket arranged on the inflow opening of the first housing part;
- a second connecting socket arranged on the outflow opening of the first housing part;
- a receiving space provided in an interior of the filter housing between the inflow and outflow openings,
- a main filter element;
- wherein the receiving space is configured to receive the main filter element;
- the main filter element mounted in the receiving space of the filter housing and separating a raw fluid area from a clean fluid area in the filter housing;
- a cylindrical preseparator arranged within an interior of the filter housing above an inflow face of the main filter element, the cylindrical preseparator connected to the inflow opening of the first housing part;
- wherein the main filter element comprises
- a filter body provided with a cutout recess formed in the inflow face of the filter body;
- wherein the cylindrical preseparator is accommodated at least partially within the cutout recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.