Mahle International Gmbh

Ralf Zink

Ralf Kiemlen

Michael Walz

Markus Lang

Phillip Lang

Stefan Moedinger

Thomas Eichinger

A filter device for filtering a fluid may include a flat filter element. The flat filer element may extend flat in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction. The filter element may include at least one pleated filter medium through which a flow path of the fluid leads in a height direction. The at least one filter medium may include a top side and a bottom side facing away from the top side. At least one strainer may be arranged on the top side. The at least one strainer may extend flat parallel to the filter medium and may include a strainer material having multiple passages such that the flow path leads through the strainer in the height direction.

Filter device for filtering a fluid

The present invention relates to a cooling mechanism (), in particular for cooling oil in a motor vehicle, with a housing () having a bracket (), by means of which housing () the cooling mechanism () is connected to an internal combustion engine, a transmission fluid cooler (), and an engine oil cooler (). Pertinent to the invention is that the cooling mechanism () is designed in a sandwich-type manner having an intermediate module () positioned between the engine oil cooler () and the transmission fluid cooler (), which intermediate module () has at least one supply/removal assembly () that communicates with the engine oil cooler () and has corresponding supply/removal lines or connections.

Cooling mechanism

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Stuttgart, Germany

Ralf Zink