Mahle International Gmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Harry Gensler

Hans Waibel

Hendrik Von Merkatz

Matthias Traub

Samuel Kohler

Stefan Kaiser

Thilo Rother

Hannes Sutschitsch

Dirk Depiereux

A filter element having a longitudinal center axis for a fresh air system of an internal combustion engine may include a first plate filter body composed of a pleated filter material and a separate second plate filter body composed of a pleated filter material. The filter element may include first wall body and a second wall body, and a first end body and a second end body. The first wall body, the second wall body, the first end body and the second end body may be connected to the first plate body and the second plate filter body to define an inner space. At least one of the first plate filter body and the second plate filter body may include a curvature projecting to the interior space in a profile extending transversely to a longitudinal direction with respect to the longitudinal center axis.

Filter element

A filter arrangement may include a housing having an untreated space inlet and a clean space outlet and a filter insert configured to attached to the clean space outlet in the housing and to separate a clean space in the interior of the filter insert from an untreated space outside the filter insert. A lining part may be arranged on the filter insert at the clean space, wherein the lining part is configured to form a collection space for dirt retained by the filter wall in the vicinity of the clean space outlet.

Filter arrangment, in particular air filter arrangement

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Leonberg, Germany

Harry Gensler