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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Ulrich Stahl, Laudenbach, DE;
Uwe Felber, Abtsteinach, DE;
Claudio Marin, Heidelberg, DE;
Carl Freudenberg KG, Weinheim, DE;
Abstract
A filter arrangement for filtering intake air of a vehicle engine includes a filter element including a folded filter medium having a plurality of lengthwise folds, each fold having a fold wall and a fold valley so as to form a plurality of fold walls and fold valleys. the arrangement further includes a filter housing accommodating the filter element and having a top and a bottom part, a first insertable lamella disposed on the top part, and a second insertable lamella disposed on the bottom part and extending into a first one of the plurality of fold valleys, wherein the first insertable lamella extends into an adjacent one of the plurality of fold valleys so as to compress the fold wall disposed between the first fold valley and the adjacent fold valley.