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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Mann+hummel Gmbh, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Nadine Sorger, Fellbach, DE;
Pascal Neef, Leonberg, DE;
Mario Rieger, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Werner Blossey, Benningen, DE;
Markus Nefzer, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Robert Hasenfratz, Waiblingen, DE;
Andreas Weber, Freiberg a.N., DE;
MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
A filter element is provided with a filter bellows that has an inflow side and an outflow side for a fluid to be filtered, wherein the filter bellows is made of a zigzag-folded filter medium with folds with fold edges. The inflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the inflow side and the outflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the outflow side. At least one filter element holding device is provided that holds the filter element in a filter housing. The at least one filter element holding device is connected directly or indirectly with the filter bellows. At least one supporting element supports the filter element in the filter housing; the at least one supporting element is separate from the at least one filter element holding device.