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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Harry Gensler, Leonberg, DE;
Stefan Kaiser, Waiblingen, DE;
Samuel Kohler, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Hans Waibel, Remseck/Aldingen, DE;
Dirk Depiereux, Ottobrunn, DE;
MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH, , DE;
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, , DE;
Abstract
A filter element having a longitudinal center axis for a fresh air system of an internal combustion engine may include a first plate filter body composed of a pleated filter material and a separate second plate filter body composed of a pleated filter material. The filter element may include first wall body and a second wall body, and a first end body and a second end body. The first wall body, the second wall body, the first end body and the second end body may be connected to the first plate body and the second plate filter body to define an inner space. At least one of the first plate filter body and the second plate filter body may include a curvature projecting to the interior space in a profile extending transversely to a longitudinal direction with respect to the longitudinal center axis.