Robert Boschgmbh

Lars Thuener

Teruo Komori

Bernd Reinsch

Rainer Mueller

Christian Schiller

Tobias Hoeffken

Dominik Huelsmeier

A filter element, in particular for filtering exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, includes mutually parallel flow channels, at least two filter segments being provided which each have a subset of flow channels, the filter segments having a spacing from one another and being interconnected via connecting device(s) arranged integrally with the filter segments.

Filter element, in particular for filtering exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine

A filter element and a soot filter in which the temperature distribution over the cross-section of the filter element can be kept constant in first approximation.

Filter element and soot filter having improved thermal shock resistance

A filter element and a soot filter are provided, in which resistance against thermal shocks is improved due to the channel geometry.

Filter element and soot filter having geometrically similar channels

Cross-sectional geometries of filter elements for soot particle filters are described, allowing uniform loading of the filter element with soot. Starting with hexagonal cell shapes, other polygonal shapes are arranged around them. All the cross-sectional geometries have in common the fact that the cross-sectional area of all inlet channels is larger than the cross-sectional area of all outlet channels.

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