US 11,890,567 B2
Filter holder, filter element and filter arrangement
Dennis Stark, Mauer (DE); Beate Brandt, Altlussheim (DE); Manfred Winter, Bad Rappenau (DE); Duc Cuong Nguyen, Laatzen (DE); Karlheinz Muenkel, Oberderdingen-Flehingen (DE); and Volker Greif, Harthausen (DE)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/589,436.
Application 16/589,436 is a division of application No. 15/095,127, filed on Apr. 10, 2016, granted, now 10,427,080.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/186,576, filed on Jun. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 102015004383.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0094181 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/24 (2006.01); F02M 35/08 (2006.01); F02M 35/024 (2006.01); F02M 35/022 (2006.01); B01D 46/64 (2022.01); B01D 50/20 (2022.01)
CPC B01D 46/0046 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0005 (2013.01); B01D 46/0045 (2013.01); B01D 46/2414 (2013.01); B01D 46/64 (2022.01); B01D 50/20 (2022.01); F02M 35/0223 (2013.01); F02M 35/02483 (2013.01); F02M 35/08 (2013.01); B01D 2271/027 (2013.01); B01D 2275/208 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter arrangement, comprising:
a filer element having an oval-shaped cross section, the filter element comprising:
an oval-shaped filter medium surrounding a center axis (MA) of the filter element;
a first end plate arranged on a first axial end of the oval-shaped filter medium;
a second end plate arranged on a second axial end of the oval-shaped filter medium;
wherein the filter medium is a folded filter medium, folded in a zig-zag pattern;
wherein a radially outer surface of the oval-shaped filter medium (4) forms an oval-shaped radially outer face;
wherein the filter element has an incident-flow guard that covers the oval-shaped radially outer face at least partially;
a filter holder having a receiving section having an oval shaped wall surrounding the center axis (MA), the oval shaped wall defining and surrounding an oval-shaped interior space of the receiving section;
wherein the filter element is received into the oval-shaped interior space of the receiving section;
wherein the oval-shaped radially outer face of the oval-shaped filter medium has a largest diameter (b) extending through center axis (MA) to a smallest radius curved section of the oval-shaped radially outer face;
wherein the oval-shaped radially outer face of the oval-shaped filter medium has a smallest diameter (h) extending through center axis (MA) and perpendicular to the largest diameter (b);
wherein a constant radial spacing distance (a) is provided between the oval-shaped radially outer face of the oval-shaped filter medium and the oval shaped wall of the receiving section around the filter element, forming an oval flow space having a constant radial width (a);
a tubular fluid inlet formed on the filter holder having an inlet flow channel oriented perpendicular to the largest diameter (b), the tubular fluid inlet positioned to discharge a fluid directly into a first end of the oval flow space immediately at the smallest radius curved section of the oval-shaped radially outer face, such that the fluid is thereby accelerated to flow helically and tangentially around the oval-shaped radially outer face of the filter element, thereby, separating particles contained in the fluid onto an interior side of the oval-shaped wall of the receiving section with the aid of centrifugal force;
whereby for optimized particle pre-separation, the largest diameter (b) relative to the smallest diameter (h) is between 3:1 and 1.5:1;
wherein the filter element is covered at least partially by an incident-flow guard arranged between the oval-shaped radially outer face of the filter element and the oval flow space, positioned adjacent to where the tubular fluid inlet discharges the fluid into the oval flow space.