US 11,918,945 B2
Air filter housing arrangement
Carl Löwstedt, Onsala (SE); and Hans Rönnings, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/422,802
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/051054
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/147946, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080343 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/24 (2006.01); F02M 35/02 (2006.01); F02M 35/024 (2006.01); B01D 46/52 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/0004 (2013.01) [B01D 46/2411 (2013.01); F02M 35/0201 (2013.01); F02M 35/02483 (2013.01); B01D 46/521 (2013.01); B01D 2271/02 (2013.01); B01D 2279/60 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A vehicle comprising:
an internal combustion engine and
a vehicle air cleaner, comprising:
an air filter housing arrangement comprising:
an at least partially cylindrical air filter housing arranged to accommodate the cylindrical air filter, the air filter housing comprising:
a first axial end portion and
a second axial end portion,
a first open portion at the first axial end portion, and
a second open portion at an upper radial position of the air filter housing for allowing connection/removal of the cylindrical air filter in both an axial direction and a radial direction; and
a removable housing cover comprising a first surface arranged to cover the first open portion of the air filter housing, and a second, axially extending surface arranged to cover the second open portion of the air filter housing,
wherein one of the air filter housing and the housing cover comprises a sealing groove and the other one of the air filter housing and the housing cover comprises a sealing flange connected into the sealing groove for providing a seal between the air filter housing and the housing cover,
wherein the sealing flange protrudes into the sealing groove in the axial direction at an axial end portion of the second open portion, and
wherein the sealing flange protrudes into the sealing groove in a circumferential direction between the first axial end portion of the filter housing and the axial end portion of the second open portion; and
a cylindrical air filter arranged between the first and second axial end portions of the air filter housing;
wherein the vehicle air cleaner being arranged upstream the internal combustion engine for at least partially removing particles from air before the air is provided to the internal combustion engine.