Continental Automotive Gmbh

Cedric Louis Adrien Leger-Cartier

Marco Mechi

Ivano Izzo

Luca Matteucci

Gianluigi Manzo

The present disclosure relates to filters in general, and the teachings may be applied to a filter assembly for use in a fuel injector, the fuel injector, and internal combustion engines. A filter assembly may include: a filter element with a frame having an axial end and a tubular filter housing receiving the filter element. The filter housing may have a side wall with a taper supporting the axial end. The taper may have the shape of a conic section with an opening angle &#x3b3; of less than 180&#xb0;. The outer circumferential surface of the frame may include a first section in the section of the taper having the shape of a conic section with an opening angle &#x3b1; of less than 180&#xb0;.

Filter assembly and fuel injector

A filter assembly for a fuel injector. In some embodiments, the filter assembly has a longitudinal axis and comprises a filter element, a filter housing, and a cap. The filter element may have a cylindrical section with a first axial end and a second axial end. The tubular filter housing may receive the filter element. The tubular filter housing may include a radial protrusion supporting the first axial end of the cylindrical section when the filter element is received therein. The cap may hold the filter element at the second axial end and encompass the filter housing along an outer circumference. The second axial end may rest directly against the cap.

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Capannoli, Italy

Cedric Louis Adrien Leger-Cartier