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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernhard Gnamm, Charleston, SC (US);
Alexander Bareiss, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210495 ; 21049701 ; 2104972 ; 55DI / ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a cylindrical filter element, which has a longitudinal slot in order to be able to expand the filter element elastically for the purpose of fitting in a circumferential groove. To prevent any fluid from being able to pass unfiltered through the longitudinal slot, the invention proposes to configure end faces, which delimit the longitudinal slot, such that they run in the secant direction or in the peripheral direction. This has the advantage that the end faces overlap and therefore the longitudinal slot is closed when the filter element is installed.