US 11,731,067 B2
Filter element for filtration and dehumidification of a gas
Robert Hasenfratz, Schwaebisch-Hall (DE); and Andreas Franz, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/532,919.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 119 220.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0047103 A1, Feb. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01); B01D 46/24 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 46/62 (2022.01)
CPC B01D 46/0036 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0005 (2013.01); B01D 46/10 (2013.01); B01D 46/2411 (2013.01); B01D 46/62 (2022.01); B01D 53/0415 (2013.01); B01D 53/261 (2013.01); B01D 2253/102 (2013.01); B01D 2253/106 (2013.01); B01D 2253/116 (2013.01); B01D 2257/80 (2013.01); B01D 2275/206 (2013.01); B01D 2275/208 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter element for filtration and dehumidification of a gas, the filter element comprising:
at least one filter medium body comprising an outflow side delimiting a clean-side flow chamber;
a dehumidification unit arranged downstream of the at least one filter medium body in a flow direction of the gas in the clean-side flow chamber;
a carrier body accommodating the at least one filter medium body and the dehumidification unit;
wherein the dehumidification unit is connected flow-tightly to an outflow opening of the clean-side flow chamber;
wherein the dehumidification unit is arranged in the clean-side flow chamber at a spacing relative to the at least one filter medium body; and
wherein the carrier body is a frame positioned proximate to and at least partially along the outflow side of the at least one filter medium body.