Patent ID: 9630475
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B01D,B60H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A cabin air filter comprising: a filter element comprising a fold pack of a filter medium folded into a plurality of folds, the each fold extending from a first lateral side of the fold pack to an opposing second lateral side of the fold pack, the plurality of folds having a first set of fold end edges at the first lateral side, and a second set of fold end edges as the second lateral side of the fold pack; a first lateral strip arranged on, covering and closing off the first set of end edges of the plurality of folds at the first lateral side, an inner side of the first lateral strip adhesively secured directly onto the first set of end edges of the plurality of folds; a second lateral strip arranged on, covering and closing off the second set of end edges of the plurality of folds at the second lateral side, an inner side of the second lateral strip adhesively secured directly onto the second set of end edges of the plurality of folds; a first seal strip of a seal material arranged directly on an outer side of the first lateral strip; a second seal strip of the seal material arranged directly on an outer side of the second lateral strip; a front plate arranged at a front side of the fold pack, extending in a direction of the plurality of folds from the first lateral strip to the opposing second lateral strip; wherein the front plate, when in an installed state of the filter element, forms a closure in outward direction closing off a filter element receptacle; wherein the filter element is configured to be inserted in an insertion direction into the filter element receptacle; wherein the filter element comprises a sword that extends outwardly in the insertion direction away from the fold pack at an insertion side of the filter element.