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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Ivano Izzo, Pisa, IT;
Cedric Louis Adrien Leger-Cartier, Capannoli, IT;
Gianluigi Manzo, Pisa, IT;
Luca Matteucci, Pisa, IT;
Marco Mechi, Vada, IT;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
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 γ of less than 180°. 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 α of less than 180°.