DE102018003414A1 - Filter device, in particular air filter, and method for maintaining a filter device and its use - Google Patents

Abstract

A filter device with a filter element has a filter housing with a recess in the outer wall, in which a functional element is connected, which is connected to a flow nozzle, and wherein in the filter element a corresponding recess is introduced and a use of such a filter device and a method to their maintenance.

Description

Technical area

The invention relates to a filter device with a filter element, for example an air filter in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine, according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for maintaining a filter device according to claim 13 and the use thereof according to claim 12.

State of the art

In the DE 10 2014 016 672 A1 An air filter for the combustion air of an internal combustion engine is described, which has a two-part filter housing and a filter element accommodated in the filter housing. The filter element is designed as a cuboid flat filter whose inflow and outflow side are parallel to each other and within the filter housing facing an inflow space or a discharge space. The air to be filtered is passed through an inflow into the inflow, flows through the filter element and is discharged via an outflow on the filter housing from the outflow. Inflow and outflow nozzles are positioned in different housing parts of the two-part filter housing and on opposite sides. On a further side of the filter housing is located on the outer wall of a recess into which a functional element is inserted, which partially protrudes beyond the outer contour of the filter housing. Also in the filter element a corresponding depression is introduced.

The US 2012/0145470 A1 is directed to downsize an air cleaner housing of a two-wheeled motor vehicle in a compact manner such that the height of the seat can be reduced and that the air filter housing can be arranged in the vicinity of the engine and discloses an air filter housing with a recess in the filter housing above a rectangular filter element.

The WO 2013/104796 A1 is directed to achieve a high filter performance and a long service life of an air filter element by increasing the filter area of an air filter element taking into account structural specifications for the air filter housing and discloses an air filter with a housing body, a housing cover and a filter element used and a resonator, which saves space is housed such that the resonator is partially in a free volume along an envelope at the outflow surface of the air filter element, wherein the resonator is surrounded by an outer shell or a resonator and wherein a filter element facing part of the outer shell is formed by a part of the housing wall , A part of the outer shell is connected to the housing wall, z. B. by welding, connected. In the outer jacket, a Resonatoreinlegeteil is arranged. The resonator is in other words arranged to save space below the air filter and connected to the housing.

The JP H04-306185A is directed to arrange both an air filter and a resonance chamber of a resonator in a limited space, wherein a reduction of the air filter is avoided, and discloses a recess of the air filter housing side of a round filter element, in other words a recess in the volume range of the air filter, wherein a Air intake passage is arranged in L-shape on the upper side of the air filter housing and wherein the space between the passage forming part of the air intake passage and the air filter housing is formed as part of a resonance chamber and resonator.

The KR 10 2013 013 386 A is directed to providing an integrated structure of an air filter with a resonator, which can be arranged in a small engine compartment instead of a motor housing, and discloses an integrated structure of an air filter with a resonator, wherein a rectangular-shaped air filter housing is provided with molded resonator, said is connected by a bore with the raw air volume of the air filter.

US 2013/0291500 A1 is directed to a reduction of unwanted high-frequency noise of a compressor and of engine intake valves of a forced air intake system and discloses a resonator integrated into a clean air connection.

The DE 10 2015 014 482 A1 is directed to providing a filter element unit having a seal adaptable during its manufacture to seal various channels of an air filter and for this purpose discloses an air filter with a filter housing. The filter housing includes an upper part and a lower part. The filter housing has an inlet and an outlet. The filter element is installed in a first channel of the filter housing. The side with dirty air is part of a second channel of the filter housing. The first channel and the second channel are both sealed by a gasket. The seal is made in one piece and has a first part surrounding the filter element and a second part. The first part and the second part have a substantially rectangular shape. They are connected by three bridges of the seal.

The US 4,300,511 A is directed to provide a multifunctional housing for a vehicle engine in a small space and with reduced weight and with an air cleaning function, a valve component cover function and a Kraftstoffdampffängerfunktion and discloses a common housing comprising an air filter, an activated carbon filter and a cylinder head cover. The raw air volume of the air filter comprises the activated carbon filter.

Disclosure of the invention

The invention has for its object to provide a filter device with an additional function with simple constructive measures and in a space-saving manner, in particular for the additional function additionally a partial flow of the filtered or filtered fluid of the filter device can be used and wherein additionally the use of a predetermined Filter element easily recognizable can be ensured.

This object is achieved with the features of claim 1. The dependent claims indicate expedient developments.

The filter device according to the invention is preferably used for gas filtration, in particular for air filtration, for example for filtration of the combustion air, which is supplied to an internal combustion engine in a vehicle. In principle, however, is also an application for liquid filtration into consideration.

The filter device has a filter housing for receiving the filter element, wherein in the outer wall of the filter housing a recess introduced and in the recess a functional element is inserted. The recess is formed as a recess in the outer wall of the filter housing, wherein the outer wall of the filter housing is designed to be continuous in the region of the recess. The functional element may have an equally large or smaller extent as the depression and be accommodated completely in the depression, so that the functional element lies within the outer contour of the filter housing. But it is also possible that the functional element inserted into the recess protrudes partially beyond the outer contour of the filter housing.

The functional element is arranged adjacent to a flow nozzle in the filter housing and connected in fluid communication with the flow nozzle. The function of the functional element depends on the flow connection with the flow nozzle, which carries the fluid which is subjected to the filtration in the filter device. The flow connection is preferably the discharge connection for discharging the purified fluid. Optionally, the flow port is the inflow port for introducing the unpurified fluid into the filter housing. The flow nozzle is part of the filter housing and serves to connect to a conduit through which the fluid is passed.

Due to the flow connection between the functional element and the flow connection, at least part of the fluid guided through the flow connection is also supplied to the functional element and can there be subjected to the additional function or used for the function. The functional element is, for example, a resonator with which defined sound frequencies can be eliminated, which in particular are transmitted to the filter device via the line connected to the flow connection or are formed inside the filter device. In the resonator disturbing frequencies can be eliminated by generating phase-shifted resonance frequencies.

There are also other functions of the functional element into consideration. For example, it is possible for the functional element to have an activated carbon filter in order to bind hydrocarbons in the fluid. In particular, in an arrangement of the filter device in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine for the filtration of the brought combustion air, such hydrocarbons from the internal combustion engine coming into the air filter can propagate, being bound via the activated carbon filter in the functional element, the hydrocarbons.

According to yet another embodiment, the functional element on a hot air mass meter, with which the air mass flow can be measured by the filter device.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the filter housing consists of at least two housing parts, wherein the recess is introduced into at least two housing parts. It may, for example, be expedient to provide exactly two housing parts, in particular two housing halves of at least approximately the same size, over which the depression extends. In a further embodiment, the filter housing consists of a filter base housing and an attachable housing cover. Embodiments are possible in which the recess extends only in a housing part, for example in a filter base housing. If the recess extends over two or more housing parts, both embodiments are possible in which the recess extends over the entire height of the filter housing with all housing parts, as well Designs in which the recess extends only over a partial height, relative to the total height of the filter housing.

Furthermore, embodiments are possible in which a part of the housing of the functional element is formed by the outer wall of the filter housing. In this embodiment, the housing of the functional element is composed in part of the outer wall of the filter housing and another part of its own functional element housing, which is designed for example as a housing shell and complements the outer wall of the filter housing in the depression.

In an alternative embodiment, the functional element forms a separate structural unit, which is formed independently of the filter device, but connected to the filter device and fluidly connected to the flow port.

The attachment of the functional element to the filter housing of the filter device can be done exclusively via the flow connection with the flow pipe. But it is also possible that an additional attachment between the functional element and the filter housing is present.

In an alternative embodiment, the functional element in addition to its flow connection with the flow pipe attachment outside of the filter device, for example in the case of the filter device as an air filter for an internal combustion engine in the intake system of the internal combustion engine.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, the recess and the functional element received therein are located on the same side of the filter housing. It is particularly advantageous that the recess and the functional element are located directly below the flow nozzle with which the functional element is flow-connected. If necessary, the flow connection piece can extend further beyond the outer contour of the filter housing than the functional element.

According to yet another expedient embodiment, a circumferential sealing element is arranged on the filter element, which separates the raw fluid-tight from the clean side, wherein the sealing element follows the course of the depression. The sealing element extends in particular along the outer contour of the filter element, which preferably also has a recess, which is aligned in the installed state of the filter element with the recess in the outer wall of the filter housing. Optionally, the sealing element is clamped between the housing parts of the filter housing, whereby the sealing element is acted upon by a clamping force supporting the flow-tightness.

The invention further relates to a method for maintaining a filter device according to the invention, comprising the steps of opening a filter housing for receiving a filter element having a recess in the outer wall of the filter housing, wherein the recess has an inserted functional element and wherein the functional element is arranged adjacent to a flow nozzle in the filter housing is and is fluidly connected to the flow pipe, and inserting the filter element, in particular for gas filtration, for example, air filter in the intake of an internal combustion engine, in particular the replacement of the filter element, wherein the filter element has a depression of the filter housing corresponding recess and a seal, which the course of the recess follows, and wherein the filter element between a raw and a clean side is arranged separating to the flow pipe. In this way, the replacement of the filter element in a filter device according to the invention is made possible in a structurally simple manner, wherein it is ensured that on the one hand a filter element suitable for the filter device is used in a visibly detectable manner when changing, whereby the desired filtration profile is maintained during the lifetime of the filter device, and on the other hand, the additional function within the filter device remains correctly connected to the flow.

list of figures

• 1 in perspektivischer Ansicht eine Filtereinrichtung, die als Luftfilter im Ansaugtrakt einer Brennkraftmaschine einsetzbar ist;
• 2 die Filtereinrichtung in Explosionsdarstellung;
• 3 die Filtereinrichtung in einer Ansicht von vorne;
• 4 eine Draufsicht auf die Filtereinrichtung;
• 5 einen Längsschnitt durch die Filtereinrichtung; und
• 6 eine Seitenansicht der Filtereinrichtung.

Further advantages and expedient embodiments can be taken from the further claims, the description of the figures and the drawings. Show it:

• 1 in perspective view a filter device which can be used as an air filter in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine;
• 2 the filter device in exploded view;
• 3 the filter device in a view from the front;
• 4 a plan view of the filter device;
• 5 a longitudinal section through the filter device; and
• 6 a side view of the filter device.

In the figures, the same components are provided with the same reference numerals.

Embodiment (s) of the invention

In the in the 1 to 6 shown filter device 1 it is an air filter that is used in the intake of an internal combustion engine. The filter device 1 has a two-part filter housing 2 with a lower housing part 2a and an upper housing part 2 B on, with the housing parts 2a . 2 B a filter element 3 ( 2 ) take up. The filter element 3 is formed as a substantially parallelepiped-shaped flat filter element and may, for example, a filter medium body 4 in the form of a pleated filter. The filter media body 4 is traversed in the illustrated embodiment of the combustion air to be cleaned from bottom to top, so that the bottom side forms the inflow side and the top side the downstream side.

The filter media body 4 has at its downstream side along the outer contour extending sealing element 5 for separating the inflow or raw side from the discharge or clean side. The sealing element 5 is between the housing parts 2a . 2 B clamped.

The air to be cleaned is via an inflow 6 , which is located on the lower housing part 2a located in the filter housing 2 introduced. Accordingly, the receiving space forms in the lower housing part 2a the raw space into which the unpurified air is introduced.

At the upper housing part 2 B there is a discharge nozzle 7 through which the purified air is discharged. The outflow can be connected to a clean air line leading to the cylinder inlets of the internal combustion engine. The receiving space in the upper housing part 2 B forms the clean room on the downstream side of the filter element 3 for receiving the purified air. The inflow pipe 6 and the outlet nozzle 7 each form a flow nozzle and are located on diametrically opposite sides of the filter housing 2 , Both the inflow pipe 6 as well as the outlet connection 7 protrude beyond the outer contour of the filter housing 2 out. The longitudinal axes of inflow and outflow 6 . 7 take an angle to each other, which is an example at about 30 °.

In the outer wall of the filter housing 2 is immediately below the outlet nozzle 7 a depression 8th introduced into which a functional element 9 is used, which is a resonator for eliminating disturbing sound frequencies in the embodiment. The resonator 9 is cylindrical and to the underside of the Abströmstutzens 7 connected so that the resonator 9 with the outlet connection 7 connected flow and is a partial flow of purified air from the outflow 7 in the resonator 9 can spread. Sound waves, which are generated in particular by pressure fluctuations in the intake tract of the internal combustion engine, spread over the outflow 7 in the resonator 9 out there and can be eliminated there by wave superposition and thus an additional function is achieved with simple design measures and in a space-saving manner in a filter device. In the illustrated embodiment is thus structurally simple means and a desired filter device profile, which is characterized in that the contour of the filter element of the predetermined recess is configured, with good space utilization, for example, a desired dust capacity, a desired degree of separation and a desired pressure loss in a given space, In addition, a desired acoustics allows and this also structurally efficient, a purified partial flow of the filter element is used and it is additionally ensured the use of a predetermined filter element easily recognizable.

The resonator 9 is for example via a fastener 10 ( 5 ) with the housing wall of the filter housing 2 connected. Thus, a total of two attachment points with the filter housing, namely on the one hand on the attachment to the outflow 7 and on the other via the fastener 10 on the outer wall of the filter housing 2 ,

The depression 8th extends in the embodiment over both housing parts 2a . 2 B , Accordingly, in the lower housing part 2a a depression 8a and in the upper housing part 2 B a depression 8b introduced, with the wells 8a and 8b in the assembled state of the housing parts 2a . 2 B aligned with each other. The total height of the depression 8th is smaller than the total height of the filter device 1 ,

Also the filter media body 4 of the filter element 3 has a recess 4a on top of that with the recess 8th in the filter housing 2 corresponds. The depression 4a in the filter medium body 4 is exemplified in the exemplary embodiment as a recess in the cuboid contour of the filter medium body. Also the sealing element 5 is along the depression 4a at the downstream side of the filter medium body 4 guided. The thus configured filter element 3 can by opening the filter housing 2 and insert the filter element 3 , in particular for exchanging the filter element 3 , and arranging the filter element 3 as separating between the raw and the clean side to the Abtrömstutzen 7 arranged and exchanged in a structurally simple manner, it being ensured that on the one hand for the filter device 1 matching filter element 3 easily visible during the Change is used, creating the desired filtration profile during the life of the filter device 1 is maintained, and on the other hand, the additional function within the filter device 1 remains correctly connected to the flow.

The resonator 9 protrudes beyond the outer contour of the filter housing 2 partly out. The resonator 9 In the exemplary embodiment is also at a distance from the outer wall of the filter housing 2 in the area of the depression 8th and is connected via its connection to the outflow 7 as well as via the fastening element 10 kept stable in this spaced position.

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Cited patent literature

• DE 102014016672 A1 [0002]
• US 2012/0145470 A1 [0003]
• WO 2013/104796 A1 [0004]
• JP H04306185 A [0005]
• KR 102013013386 A [0006]
• DE 102015014482 A1 [0008]
• US 4300511 A [0009]

Claims (13)

Filter device with a filter element (3), in particular for gas filtration, for example air filter in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine, with a filter housing (2) for receiving the filter element (3), with a recess (8) in the outer wall of the filter housing (2) and a in the recess (8) inserted functional element (9), characterized in that the functional element (9) adjacent to a flow port (7) in the filter housing (2) is arranged and with the flow port (7) is fluidly connected and wherein in the filter element (3 ) is introduced a corresponding recess. Filter device after Claim 1 , characterized in that the filter housing (2) consists of at least two housing parts (2a, 2b) and the recess (8) in at least two housing parts (2a, 2b) is introduced. Filter device according to one of Claims 1 or 2 , characterized in that on the filter element (3) a circumferential sealing element (5) is arranged, which follows the course of the recess (8). Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 3 , characterized in that a part of the housing of the functional element (9) from the outer wall of the filter housing (2) in the region of the recess (8) is formed. Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 3 , characterized in that the functional element (9) is formed as an independent component which is received in the recess (8) in the outer wall of the filter housing (2). Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 5 , characterized in that the functional element (9) on the filter housing (2) is attached. Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 6 , characterized in that the flow nozzle forms a discharge nozzle (7) for discharging the cleaned fluid. Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 7 , characterized in that the recess (8) and the functional element (9) inserted therein are located directly below the flow nozzle (7). Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 8th , characterized in that the functional element (9) forms a resonator for eliminating defined sound frequencies. Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 8th , characterized in that the functional element (9) has an activated carbon filter for hydrocarbons. Filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 8th , characterized in that the functional element (9) has a hot air mass meter. Intake tract of an internal combustion engine with a filter device (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 11 as an air filter. Method for maintaining a filter device according to one of Claims 1 to 11 comprising the steps of: - opening a filter housing (2) for receiving a filter element (3) with a recess (8) in the outer wall of the filter housing (2), wherein the recess (8) has an inserted functional element (9) and wherein Functional element (9) adjacent to a flow pipe (7) in the filter housing (2) is arranged and wherein the functional element (9) with the flow nozzle (7) is fluidly connected, - inserting the filter element (3), in particular for gas filtration, for example air filter in the intake an internal combustion engine, in particular replacement of a filter element (3), wherein the filter element (3) in the filter element (3) to a recess (8) of the filter housing (2) corresponding recess and a seal (5), which follows the course of the depression , and wherein the filter element (3) between a raw and a clean side separating the flow pipe (7) is arranged.

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