US 12,070,709 B2
Filter insert for installation in a liquid separator, liquid separator, method for providing the aforementioned filter insert as well as use of the filter insert in a liquid separator
Mohan Bangalore Panneerselvam, Speyer (DE); Klemens Dworatzek, Edingen (DE); Pramod Savadatti, Karnataka (IN); and Srinivasa Thontaradhya, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,272.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 100 413.6 (DE), filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219106 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/02 (2006.01); B01D 46/24 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/0005 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0001 (2013.01); B01D 46/003 (2013.01); B01D 46/02 (2013.01); B01D 46/2414 (2013.01); B01D 2201/0415 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter insert configured to be installed in a housing of a liquid separator, the filter insert comprising:
a hollow cylindrical separation element configured as a hollow cylindrical coalescer configured to separate a liquid from a gas flow;
a flange arranged at an end face of the hollow cylindrical separation element, wherein the flange is configured to be arranged exchangeably between a cover of the housing and a cylindrical body of the housing;
wherein the flange comprises a support surface arranged at a radially outer rim of the flange, wherein the support surface is configured to be supported on an upper support region of the housing that is facing the cover of the housing;
wherein the flange comprises a guide structure configured to determine a position of the flange on the upper support region of the housing;
wherein the guide structure is configured to receive substantially with precise fit a counter structure correlated with the liquid separator;
wherein the guide structure comprises a groove-like axial elevation of the flange, wherein the groove-like axial elevation of the flange projects axially away from the end face of the separation element.