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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2023
Mann+hummel Gmbh, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Bernd Joos, Lorch, DE;
Timo Dirnberger, Marbach, DE;
MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
A filter element for filtering a fluid has a frame and at least one filter bellows arranged in the frame and provided with a first areal inflow surface for a first fluid flow and at least one second inflow surface for a second fluid flow separate from the first fluid flow. The second inflow surface is separate from the first areal inflow surface. A flow channel is provided to guide the second fluid flow and has a raw-side flow channel section arranged within the frame. A filter system provided with a filter housing is provided with such a filter element arranged exchangeably in the filter housing between a raw side and a clean side. The filter housing has a first inlet for the first fluid flow communicating with the first inflow surface and at least a second inlet for the second fluid flow communicating with the second inflow surface.