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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Uwe Felber, Abtsteinach, DE;
Ulrich Stahl, Laudenbach, DE;
Inventors:
Uwe Felber, Abtsteinach, DE;
Ulrich Stahl, Laudenbach, DE;
Assignee:
Carl Freudenberg KG, Weinheim, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A filter arrangement for filtering a fluid or gaseous medium, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising a housing which holds a filter element in a receiving space, wherein the filter element has an edge region which bears at least in regions against the inner wall of the housing, is characterized, with regard to the problem of creating a filter arrangement which is of structurally simple design and has a high filter efficiency, in that the housing is shaped such that the receiving space tapers at least in regions in at least one spatial direction.